Doctors must not take the liberty to force-feed their patients with genomic information about their future health risks. "A lot of people in this field would agree that no one has a right to withhold your health information from you," said Megan Allyse from the Stanford University Center for Biomedical Ethics. "But it's problematic to suggest the inverse: that the medical system should give you information you didn't ask for and don't want. No one should be able ...Sunday, 12 May 2013
Doctors Cannot Force Genomic Health Information on Their Patients
Doctors must not take the liberty to force-feed their patients with genomic information about their future health risks. "A lot of people in this field would agree that no one has a right to withhold your health information from you," said Megan Allyse from the Stanford University Center for Biomedical Ethics. "But it's problematic to suggest the inverse: that the medical system should give you information you didn't ask for and don't want. No one should be able ...
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