num_pages: 270
description: 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.
language: English
title: The Status of The Family in Law And Bioethics: The Genetic Context
titlecomplete: The Status of The Family in Law And Bioethics: The Genetic Context
publisher: Ashgate Pub Co