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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| 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> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e80eac610e3b4752b6bcdb43980fcbe92022-12-21T23:19:53ZengBMCHereditary 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 |
| spellingShingle | Nicolás Pilar 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 |
| title | 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_short | 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 |
| topic | genetic data genetic testing patients' rights privacy confidentiality biological samples DNA law |
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