The Status of the Family in Law and Bioethics
The Genetic Context
1st Edition
Published on 28. November 2017
278 pages
978-1-351-14515-2 (ISBN)
Description
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 ethical obligations in the context of these two familial tensions. The examination is conducted within the liberal-communitarian debate, whereby the two philosophies hold different perceptions of the individual and the relationship he or she has with others. Within this theoretical framework, the book examines the approach taken by English medical law and ethics to the communication of genetic information to family members. Legally, the focus is on tort law and the law of confidentiality. Ethically, it concentrates on the approach taken by the bioethical literature, and more specifically by codes of ethics and professional guidelines.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
File size
9,15 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-351-14515-2 (9781351145152)
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Person
Roy Gilbar is Lecturer at the School of Law, Netanya Academic College, Israel.
Content
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.
