Is there a duty to recontact in light of new genetic technologies? A systematic review of the literature
Author(s) -
Ellen Otten,
Mirjam Plantinga,
Erwin Birnie,
Marian Verkerk,
Anneke Lucassen,
Adelita V. Ranchor,
Irene M. van Langen
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
genetics in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.509
H-Index - 128
eISSN - 1530-0366
pISSN - 1098-3600
DOI - 10.1038/gim.2014.173
Subject(s) - duty , genetic testing , duty of care , systematic review , engineering ethics , value (mathematics) , empirical evidence , medicine , medline , genetic engineering , psychology , computer science , political science , biology , genetics , law , epistemology , philosophy , machine learning , gene , engineering
With rapid advances in genetic technologies, new genetic information becomes available much faster today than just a few years ago. This has raised questions about whether clinicians have a duty to recontact eligible patients when new genetic information becomes available and, if such duties exist, how they might be implemented in practice.
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