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Passing it on: should health care professionals be permitted to disclose patients' genetic information to their reproductive partners?

Journal of law and medicine - 1 Nov 2006

Bober Agata

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This article considers whether Australian law should permit health care professionals to disclose patients' genetic information to their reproductive partners without the patients' consent. The issue is addressed with reference to four genetic disorders (Huntington Disease, Familial Adenomatous P...

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