What Does the Duty to Warn Require?

American Journal of Bioethics

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 62-63

  Shah, Seema K ^a   Hull, Sara Chandros ^a   Spinner, Michael A ^a   Berkman, Benjamin E ^a   Sanchez, Lauren A ^b   Abdul Karim, Ruquyyah ^a   Hsu, Amy P ^a   Claypool, Reginald ^a   Holland, Steven M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

EID: 84884265464     PISSN: 15265161     EISSN: 15360075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15265161.2013.828528     Document Type: Article

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