Testing the limits of the 'joint account' model of genetic information: A legal thought experiment

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 379-382

  Foster, Charles ^a   Herring, Jonathan ^b   Boyd, Magnus ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c HILL DICKINSON LLP   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN UNION; FAMILY; GENETIC PRIVACY; GENETIC SCREENING; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MORALITY;

DUTY TO WARN; EUROPEAN UNION; FAMILY; GENETIC PRIVACY; GENETIC TESTING; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 84929503642     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: 14734257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/medethics-2014-102142     Document Type: Article

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