title: Clinical commentary: the challenges of genetic medicine to the patient-physician relationship.
abstract: Author explores the interface between the current clinical reality for patients and evolving genetic research results, noting how knowledge about various genetic disorders is posing a major challenge to the patient-physician relationship.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Genetics, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Pauker
mesh_terms: D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000235:genetics / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D005817:Genetic Counseling; D030661:Genetic Privacy; D033142:Genetic Services; D005820:Genetic Testing; D006801:Humans; D016365:Liability, Legal; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011247:Pregnancy; D012945:Social Values; D014481:United States