doi: 10.1200/JOP.0858504.
Ethical and legal implications of cancer genetic testing: do physicians have a duty to warn patients' relatives about possible genetic risks?
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Ethical and legal implications of cancer genetic testing: do physicians have a duty to warn patients' relatives about possible genetic risks?
J Oncol Pract.
2008 Sep.
Abstract
This vignette raises questions about the extent of physicians' obligations to warn relatives of a patient about a hereditary cancer risk.
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