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Genetic susceptibility to malignant diseases--ethical issues. Minireview
1Institute of Medical Ethics Medical Faculty, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic. mmunzar@med.muni.cz
Neoplasma
|June 5, 2002
Abstract:
Ethical problems connected with genetic testing with the intention of the measurement of the susceptibility or predisposition to malignant tumors are presented (respect for autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, confidentiality, privacy, veracity and truth-telling, informed consent, right to know, right not to know, informational self-determination, etc.). Various aspects dealing with ethics of screening and research projects involving human subjects are discussed as well.