A duty to recontact in genetics: context matters

Noor A.A. Giesbertz; Wim H. van Harten; Annelien L. Bredenoord

doi:10.1038/s41576-019-0121-7

A duty to recontact in genetics: context matters

Noor A.A. Giesbertz^*, Wim H. van Harten, Annelien L. Bredenoord

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Abstract

Rapid advances in genomic technologies and their increasing clinical application are driving the need for a policy on whether to recontact patients to inform them of new genetic discoveries that may have relevance to their health. Importantly, the duty to recontact is context-specific, and professionals should be offered guidance accordingly.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	371-372
Number of pages	2
Journal	Nature Reviews. Genetics
Volume	20
Issue number	7
Early online date	1 Apr 2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41576-019-0121-7
Publication status	Published - 1 Jul 2019

Keywords

Duty to Recontact/ethics
Genetic Testing/ethics
Genetics, Medical/ethics
Humans

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