The ethics of conducting molecular autopsies in cases of sudden death in the young

Genome Research

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1165-1169

  McGuire, Amy L ^a   Moore, Quianta ^a,b   Majumder, Mary ^a   Walkiewicz, Magdalena ^a   Eng, Christine M ^a   Belmont, John W ^a   Nassef, Salma ^a   Darilek, Sandra ^a   Rutherford, Katie ^c   Pereira, Stacey ^a   Scherer, Steven E ^a   Sutton, V Reid ^a   Wolf, Dwayne ^c   Gibbs, Richard A ^a   Kahn, Roger ^c   Sanchez, Luis A ^c  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; FAMILY; FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; SUDDEN DEATH; CHILD; CONFIDENTIALITY; CORONER; ETHICS; GENETIC SCREENING; INFANT; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

AUTOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONSENT FORMS; CORONERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS; DISCLOSURE; ETHICS, MEDICAL; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN;

EID: 84985038536     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: 15495469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.192401.115     Document Type: Article

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