Ethical and legal implications of cancer genetic testing: do physicians have a duty to warn patients' relatives about possible genetic risks? Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • This vignette raises questions about the extent of physicians' obligations to warn relatives of a patient about a hereditary cancer risk.

publication date

  • September 1, 2008

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC2794026

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 57049151490

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1200/JOP.0858504

PubMed ID

  • 20856700

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 4

issue

  • 5