Where do a doctor's responsibilities lie in communicating
diagnostic and predictive genetic information to a patient's family
members? On the one hand, a patient may wish to retain
confidentiality while the relatives seek information; on the other,
a patient may wish to share the information while the relatives
would rather not know. This volume investigates the doctor's
professional legal and ethical obligations in the context of these
two familial tensions. The examination is conducted within the
liberal-communitarian debate, whereby the two philosophies hold
different perceptions of the individual and the relationship he or
she has with others. Within this theoretical framework, the book
examines the approach taken by English medical law and ethics to
the communication of genetic information to family members.
Legally, the focus is on tort law and the law of confidentiality.
Ethically, it concentrates on the approach taken by the bioethical
literature, and more specifically by codes of ethics and
professional guidelines.
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