Medical geneticists' duty to warn at-risk relatives for genetic disease

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 120 A, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 374-380

  Falk, Marni J ^a,b   Dugan, R Beth ^a   O'Riordan, Mary Ann ^b   Matthews, Anne L ^a   Robin, Nathaniel H ^a,b,c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

At risk relatives; Disclosure; Genetic counseling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; ETHICS; EXPERIENCE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETICIST; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELATIVE; RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 0041322516     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.20227     Document Type: Article

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