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How Should Decision Aids Be Used During Counseling to Help Patients Who Are "Genetically at Risk"?

AMA journal of ethics - 1 Oct 2019

Evans Natalie, Metselaar Suzanne, van El Carla, Hallowell Nina, Widdershoven Guy

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People with genetic predispositions to disease are faced with uncertainty about whether, when, and to what extent an illness will actually develop. This prognostic uncertainty, combined with knowledge that preventative interventions (eg, risk-reducing surgeries for familial cancer syndromes) could significantly affect people's lives, renders prevention decisions especially challenging. This article illuminates...

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PMID: 31651386
DOI: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.865

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