Genetic risk: The new frontier for the duty to warn

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 405-421

  John Petrila, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL LIABILITY; MENTAL DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CRIME; DUTY TO WARN; FLORIDA; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETICS, BEHAVIORAL; HUMANS; NEW JERSEY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 0034930211     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bsl.449     Document Type: Review

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