Questions, complexities, and limitations in disclosing individual genetic results

American Journal of Bioethics

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 34-36

  Klitzman, Robert ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPREHENSION; DUTY TO RECONTACT; ETHICS; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETICS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NOTE; PERSONNEL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESEARCH ETHICS; RESEARCH SUBJECT;

COMPREHENSION; DUTY TO RECONTACT; ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; ETHICS, RESEARCH; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC RESEARCH; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; RESEARCHER-SUBJECT RELATIONS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 33750613783     PISSN: 15265161     EISSN: 15360075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15265160600936058     Document Type: Note

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