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The Right Not to Know and the Duty to Tell: The Case of Relatives.

The Journal of law, medicine & ethics : a journal of the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics - 1 Jan 2014

Juth Niklas

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Obtaining and sharing genetic information when there is a potential conflict of interest between patients and their relatives give rise to two questions. Do we have a duty to find out our genetic predispositions for disease for the sake of our relatives, or do we have a right to remain ignorant? Do we have a duty to disclose our known genetic predispositions for disease to our relatives? I argue that the answer...

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PMID: 26767475
DOI: 10.1111/jlme.12117

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