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

Alerting relatives about heritable risks: the limits of confidentiality

Anneke Lucassen  1 , Roy Gilbar  2   3
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Alerting relatives about heritable risks: the limits of confidentiality

Anneke Lucassen et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

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

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Competing interests: We have read and understood BMJ policy on declaration of interests and declare that we have no competing interests.

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