Relationships Matter: Ethical Considerations for Returning Results to Family Members of Deceased Subjects

American Journal of Bioethics

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 66-67

  Milner, Lauren C ^a   Liu, Emily Y ^a   Garrison, Nanibaa' A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; DEATH; ETHICS; FAMILY; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC PRIVACY; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RESEARCH ETHICS; RESEARCH SUBJECT; STANDARD;

CONFIDENTIALITY; DEATH; DUTY TO WARN; ETHICS, RESEARCH; FAMILY; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC PRIVACY; GENETIC RESEARCH; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; RESEARCHER-SUBJECT RELATIONS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 84884239392     PISSN: 15265161     EISSN: 15360075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15265161.2013.828533     Document Type: Article

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