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Should physicians warn patients' relatives of genetic risks?
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Family MedicineGenetic TestingGenetic EpidemiologyResearch EthicsHealth LawClinical SettingsBioethicsPublic HealthPersonal GenomicsGenetic RisksSuch InformationHealth PolicyMedical EthicsInformed ConsentGenetic CounselingGenetic Risk InformationLegal LandscapeMedicinePublic Health Genetics
When a patient refuses to disclose genetic risk information to relatives, whether the patient's physician should or may disclose such information without the patient's consent will depend on the seriousness, the imminence and the preventability of the risk. The legal landscape around the duty to
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