Attitudes of physicians and patients towards disclosure of genetic information to spouse and first-degree relatives: A case study from Turkey

BMC Medical Ethics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Akpinar, Aslihan ^a   Ersoy, Nermin ^b  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONFIDENTIALITY; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHICS; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MORALITY; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPOUSE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENTIALITY; DECISION MAKING; DUTY TO WARN; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC TESTING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPOUSES; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; TURKEY;

EID: 84901288502     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6939-15-39     Document Type: Article

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