Discussing options between patients and health care professionals in genetic diagnosis: ethical and legal criteria

Discussing options between patients and health care professionals in genetic diagnosis: ethical and legal criteria

<p>Abstract</p> <p>The specific characteristics of genetic data lead to ethical-legal conflicts in the framework of genetic diagnosis. Several international organisations, including UNESCO and the Council of Europe, have enacted rules referring to the use of genetic information. Th...

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Main Author: Nicolás Pilar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2007-09-01
Series:Hereditary Cancer in Clinical Practice
Subjects:
genetic data
genetic testing
patients' rights
privacy
confidentiality
biological samples
DNA
law
Online Access:http://www.hccpjournal.com/content/5/3/144
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spelling doaj-e80eac610e3b4752b6bcdb43980fcbe92020-11-25T00:23:34ZengBMCHereditary Cancer in Clinical Practice1897-42872007-09-015314415210.1186/1897-4287-5-3-144Discussing options between patients and health care professionals in genetic diagnosis: ethical and legal criteriaNicolás Pilar<p>Abstract</p> <p>The specific characteristics of genetic data lead to ethical-legal conflicts in the framework of genetic diagnosis. Several international organisations, including UNESCO and the Council of Europe, have enacted rules referring to the use of genetic information. This paper discusses possible legal and ethical criteria that could be used in genetic testing.</p> http://www.hccpjournal.com/content/5/3/144genetic datagenetic testingpatients' rightsprivacyconfidentialitybiological samplesDNAlaw
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Discussing options between patients and health care professionals in genetic diagnosis: ethical and legal criteria
Hereditary Cancer in Clinical Practice
genetic data
genetic testing
patients' rights
privacy
confidentiality
biological samples
DNA
law
author_facet Nicolás Pilar
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title Discussing options between patients and health care professionals in genetic diagnosis: ethical and legal criteria
title_short Discussing options between patients and health care professionals in genetic diagnosis: ethical and legal criteria
title_full Discussing options between patients and health care professionals in genetic diagnosis: ethical and legal criteria
title_fullStr Discussing options between patients and health care professionals in genetic diagnosis: ethical and legal criteria
title_full_unstemmed Discussing options between patients and health care professionals in genetic diagnosis: ethical and legal criteria
title_sort discussing options between patients and health care professionals in genetic diagnosis: ethical and legal criteria
publisher BMC
series Hereditary Cancer in Clinical Practice
issn 1897-4287
publishDate 2007-09-01
description <p>Abstract</p> <p>The specific characteristics of genetic data lead to ethical-legal conflicts in the framework of genetic diagnosis. Several international organisations, including UNESCO and the Council of Europe, have enacted rules referring to the use of genetic information. This paper discusses possible legal and ethical criteria that could be used in genetic testing.</p>
topic genetic data
genetic testing
patients' rights
privacy
confidentiality
biological samples
DNA
law
url http://www.hccpjournal.com/content/5/3/144
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