Genetic information and the family: are we our brother's keeper?

Abstract excerpt

Nowhere are the principles of autonomy and privacy more frequently underscored than in the context of modern human genetics. Fear of untoward socioeconomic and psychosocial consequences of genetic knowledge has reinforced the need for medical confidentiality. However, genetic information is necessarily familial and the needs and interests of other family members cannot be ignored. The past decade has witnessed a...

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