Ethics of Informing Estranged Family Members of Genetic Risks

 


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Air date: Wednesday, February 07, 2007, 12:00:00 PM
Category: Clinical Center Grand Rounds
Runtime: 60 minutes
NLM Title: Ethics of informing estranged family members of genetic risks [electronic resource] / Bernadette Gochuico and Catherine Ross.
Series: Clinical Center grand rounds
Author: Gochuico, Bernadette.
National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
Publisher: [Bethesda, Md. : National Institutes of Health, 2007]
Other Title(s): Clinical Center grand rounds
Abstract: (CIT): NIH Clinical Center Ethics Grand Rounds A discussion of a case where a patient, estranged from a family member, found he may have passed along a genetic risk to that person. The case will be presented by Bernadette Gochuico, MD., NHLBI. Catherine Ross, Esq., a professor of law from George Washington University Law School, specializing in family law, children's rights, law and policy and juvenile justice will discuss the ethical issues. For more information, visit http://www.cc.nih.gov/about/news/grcurrent.html.
Subjects: Adoption
Casuistry
Disclosure--ethics
Family Relations
Genetic Diseases, Inborn
Pulmonary Fibrosis
Publication Types: Case Reports
Government Publications
Lectures
NLM Classification: QZ 50
NLM ID: 101300937
CIT File ID: 13621
CIT Live ID: 5678
Permanent link: http://videocast.nih.gov/launch.asp?13621