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‘Is this knowledge mine and nobody else's? I don't feel that.’ Patient views about consent, confidentiality and information-sharing in genetic medicine
- Correspondence to Dr Sandi Dheensa, Clinical Ethics and Law, University of Southampton, AB203, MP801, South Academic Block, Southampton General Hospital, Tremona Road, Southampton, UK; s.dheensa{at}soton.ac.uk
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‘Is this knowledge mine and nobody else's? I don't feel that.’ Patient views about consent, confidentiality and information-sharing in genetic medicine
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- Received March 10, 2015
- Revised November 9, 2015
- Accepted December 7, 2015
- First published January 7, 2016.
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February 25, 2016
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