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Genetic testing of children for familial cancers: a comparative legal perspective on consent, communication of information and confidentiality.

Familial cancer - 1 Mar 2010

Gilbar Roy

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Genetic testing of children is the subject of ethical and legal debate. On the one hand, the literature emphasises the personal interests and rights of the individual child. On the other, the interests of the parents and the family as a whole are discussed. English law relies by and large on a patient-centred approach where the child has some say about his/her medical care. The view reflected in Anglo-American...

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PMID: 19609725
DOI: 10.1007/s10689-009-9268-2

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