1st Edition
The Status of the Family in Law and Bioethics The Genetic Context
By Roy Gilbar
Copyright 2005
278 Pages
by
Routledge
278 Pages
by
Routledge
278 Pages
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
Contents: Preface; The liberal-communitarian debate in medical law and ethics; Formulating a family in genetics: a contextual framework; English tort law and the patient's family members; Medical confidentiality and genetic privacy; Who is the patient? the medical perception of the family; The status of family members - discussion and conclusions; References; Index; Index of cases cited.
Biography
Roy Gilbar is Lecturer at the School of Law, Netanya Academic College, Israel.
