Anticipate and Communicate: Ethical Management of Incidental and Secondary Findings in the Clinical, Research, and Direct-to-consumer Contexts

Anticipate and Communicate: Ethical Management of Incidental and Secondary Findings in the Clinical, Research, and Direct-to-consumer Contexts
ISBN-10
1508807647
ISBN-13
9781508807643
Category
Medical
Pages
156
Language
English
Published
2015-03-11
Publisher
CreateSpace
Authors
Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues, The Presidential Commission for the Stud

Description

Anticipate and Communicate is the Bioethics Commission's sixth major report. In this report the Bioethics Commission offers specific recommendations for the management of incidental and secondary findings in clinical, research and direct-to-consumer settings. Emerging medical technologies, changing cost structures, and evolving medical practice make the likelihood of discovering incidental and secondary findings across contexts a growing certainty. Such findings can be lifesaving, but also can lead to uncertainty and distress if they are unexpected or identify conditions for which no effective treatment is available.

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