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My friend's mother got cancer. the family hided the cancer news from the mother. is there a way to order a gene test directly from a gene company? she does not want her mother visit cancer clinics.
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Ethical Issue: Most doctors do not think it is ethical to hide a diagnosis from their patient, regardless of the family's wishes, unless the patient suffers from severe dementia, depression, or other mental illness. Most tests require a patient's consent, unless a family member is acting as her guardian/power-of-attorney/health proxy because she has been deemed incapable of making health decisions on her own.
Answered 9/2/2016
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