title: [Genetic test for cancer and intra-family communication: freedom vs. responsibility].
abstract: Genetic tests affect not only single patients but also their genetic relatives. In some cases, they in fact allow to acquire information not only about a single patient, but also about those who are genetically linked (genetic relatives). By appealing to the principle of autonomy, the patient can refuse to be informed of the test result, or to inform their relatives on the risk of a pathology. How might the relatives' right to know be reconciled with the will of a patient who refuses to know or to inform? Among the large number of moral dilemmas that this field can raise, the article aims to reply to the above mentioned question and to analyse in depth some aspects of intra-family communication within the field of genetic tests for cancer.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Sanità Pubblica, Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia "A. Gemelli", Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italia.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Di Pietro
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Sanità Pubblica, Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia "A. Gemelli", Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italia.
authors.forename: F R
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Di Raimo
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Sanità Pubblica, Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia "A. Gemelli", Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italia.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Teleman
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Bioetica, Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia "A. Gemelli", Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italia.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Refolo
mesh_terms: D005195:Family Relations; D005820:Genetic Testing / Q000941:ethics*; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*
keywords: Autonomy; Genetic test; Intra-family communication; Oncology; Responsibility