Chapter 7. Informed Consent

  1. Neil F. Sharpe4,
  2. Prof. Dr. Ronald F. Carter PhD., FCCMG., FACMG Director5,6
  1. Jon Beckwith PhD1,
  2. Lisa Geller PhD, JD2,
  3. Mark A. Hall JD Professor of Law and Public Health3

Published Online: 4 JAN 2006

DOI: 10.1002/0471748897.ch7

Book Title

Genetic Testing: Care, Consent, and Liability

Genetic Testing: Care, Consent, and Liability

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How to Cite

Sharpe, N. F. and Carter, R. F. (2006) Informed Consent, in Genetic Testing: Care, Consent, and Liability, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, USA. doi: 10.1002/0471748897.ch7

Author Information

  1. 4

    Genetic Testing Research Group, 117 Inchbury Street, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8R 3B7; 1-905-529-2036; 1-905-577-6446 (fax)

  2. 5

    Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, HSC 3N15, 1200 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; 1-905-521-5084; 1-905-521-2651 (fax)

  3. 6

    Genetic Services, Hamilton Health Sciences, Canada

Author Information

  1. 1

    Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

  2. 2

    Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

  3. 3

    Wake Forest University Medical School, Department of Public Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 4 JAN 2006
  2. Published Print: 11 NOV 2005

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9780471649878

Online ISBN: 9780471748892

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Keywords:

  • autonomy;
  • communication;
  • decision making;
  • disclosure;
  • duty of care;
  • duty to disclose;
  • discrimination;
  • educational aids;
  • ethnicity;
  • genetic discrimination;
  • informed consent;
  • informed choice;
  • informed consent form;
  • medical malpractice;
  • negligence;
  • physician-patient relationship;
  • pretest information;
  • privacy;
  • psychological distress;
  • standard of care;
  • standards for informed consent;
  • trust

Summary

A distinct genetics model of informed consent has evolved that calls into question whether legal disclosure standards for informed consent are appropriate within the context of genetic testing. The principle of informed consent or, “informed choice” in medical genetics is discussed including related clinical and legal issues associated with effective communication, disclosure of information, and potential genetic discrimination. Factors that can vitiate an informed consent form are discussed.

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