The status of family in law and bioethics : the genetic context / Roy Gilbar.

By:

Gilbar, Roy [author.]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0754645452
9780754645450

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

344.410412 22

LOC classification:

KD3410.I54 G55 2005

Contents:

1. The liberal-communitarian debate in medical law and ethics -- 2. Formulating a family in genetics : a contextual framework -- 3. English tort law and the patient's family members -- 4. Medical confidentiality and genetic privacy -- 5. Who is the patient? : the medical perception of the family -- 6. The status of family members : discussion and conclusions.

Review: "Where do doctors' and patients' responsibilities lie in communicating diagnostic and predictive genetic information to the patient's family members? The patient may or may not wish to retain confidentiality, while the relatives may either seek information or prefer to remain ignorant. This volume investigates doctors' and patients' professional legal and ethical obligations in the context of these familial tensions."--BOOK JACKET.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-251) and index.

"Where do doctors' and patients' responsibilities lie in communicating diagnostic and predictive genetic information to the patient's family members? The patient may or may not wish to retain confidentiality, while the relatives may either seek information or prefer to remain ignorant. This volume investigates doctors' and patients' professional legal and ethical obligations in the context of these familial tensions."--BOOK JACKET.

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