To use or not to use? an ethical analysis of access to data and samples of a deceased patient for genetic diagnostic and research purposes
Using genetic tests on deceased patients’ samples for diagnostic purposes affects the family members' health and lives but raises some ethical issues in today’s practice of medicine and research. In this paper, we address a common ethical dilemma of clinicians regarding whether to perform gene...
Main Authors: | Mahshad Noroozi, Fatemeh Bahmani, Kazem Mousavizadeh, Saeedeh Saeedi Tehrani, Akram Hashemi, Mina Forouzandeh |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Tehran University of Medical Sciences
2022-12-01
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Series: | Journal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine |
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Online Access: | https://jmehm.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jmehm/article/view/1255 |
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