Doctors' liability to the patient's relatives in genetic medicine

Medical Law Review

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 112-123

  Gilbar, Roy ^a,b   Foster, Charles ^c  

^a NETANYA ACADEMIC COLLEGE   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Confidentiality; Disclosure; Genetic information; Liability; Relatives

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENTIALITY; ENGLAND; EUROPEAN UNION; FAMILY HEALTH; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETICS; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEGAL ASPECT; LEGAL LIABILITY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PHYSICIAN;

CONFIDENTIALITY; DISCLOSURE; DUTY TO WARN; ENGLAND; EUROPEAN UNION; FAMILY HEALTH; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; LIABILITY, LEGAL; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 84959911234     PISSN: 09670742     EISSN: 14643790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/medlaw/fwv037     Document Type: Article

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