Health-care professionals' responsibility to patients' relatives in genetic medicine: a systematic review and synthesis of empirical research
Purpose: the extent of the responsibility of health-care professionals (HCPs) to ensure that patients' relatives are told of their risk is unclear. Current international guidelines take confidentiality to the individual patient as the default position, but some suggest that disclosure could be...
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Language: | English |
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2015-06-25.
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