title: Confidentiality within medical genetics.
abstract: Two families are described in which an accurate family study was critical. In the first, it was necessary to safeguard the status of certain family members, and in the other the secret of non-paternity had to be maintained. The power of DNA technology is such that it has the potential to create additional problems for members of the family.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003219:Confidentiality; D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000235:genetics*; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005820:Genetic Testing / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D006816:Huntington Disease / Q000235:genetics*; D010375:Pedigree; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests