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- Title
GENETIC DUTIES.
- Authors
ROBERTS, JESSICA L.; FOULKES, ALEXANDRA L.
- Abstract
Most of our genetic information does not change, yet the results of our genetic tests might. Labs reclassify genetic variants in response to advances in genetic science. As a result, a person who took a test in 2010 could take the same test with the same lab in 2020 and get a different result. However, no legal duty requires labs or physicians to inform patients when a lab reclassifies a variant, even if the reclassification communicates clinically actionable information. This Article considers the need for such duties and their potential challenges. In so doing, it offers much-needed guidance to physicians and labs, who may face liability, and to courts, which will hear these cases.
- Subjects
GENETIC testing; DUTY; LEGAL liability; MEDICAL screening; MEDICAL care accountability
- Publication
William & Mary Law Review, 2020, Vol 62, Issue 1, p143
- ISSN
0043-5589
- Publication type
Article