Confidentiality versus duty to inform - An empirical study on attitudes towards the handling of genetic information

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 142-148

  Wolff, Katharina ^a   Brun, Wibecke ^a   Kvale, Gerd ^a   Nordin, Karin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

At risk relatives; Disclosure; Genetic information

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; FATALITY; FEMALE; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC PRIVACY; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL GENETICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NORWAY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PENETRANCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM SAMPLE; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFIDENTIALITY; DUTY TO WARN; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN;

EID: 33845986771     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.31467     Document Type: Article

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