Alerting relatives about heritable risks: the limits of confidentiality

Anneke Lucassen; Roy Gilbar

doi:10.1136/bmj.k1409

Alerting relatives about heritable risks: the limits of confidentiality

BMJ. 2018 Apr 5:361:k1409. doi: 10.1136/bmj.k1409.

Authors

Anneke Lucassen¹, Roy Gilbar^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Wessex Clinical Genetics Service annekel@soton.ac.uk annekel@soton.ac.uk.
² Netanya Academic College, Netanya, Israel.
³ School of Law, University of Leicester, Leicester.

Abstract

Are there situations when sharing a patient’s genetic information with relatives without consent is acceptable? Anneke Lucassen and Roy Gilbar discuss

MeSH terms

Confidentiality / ethics
Confidentiality / legislation & jurisprudence*
Family*
Genetic Diseases, Inborn / diagnosis*
Humans
Informed Consent / ethics
Informed Consent / legislation & jurisprudence*
Moral Obligations
Personal Autonomy
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Professional Role
Truth Disclosure / ethics*