title: Privacy and confidentiality measures in genetic testing and counselling: arguing on genetic exceptionalism again?
abstract: Medical confidentiality in clinical genetics poses an important question about its scope, which would be in line with professional ethics and simple honesty. It is already known that the maintenance of absolute anonymity, bearing in mind the current progress of genetic techniques, is virtually impossible. On the other hand, our insight into the information contained in the human genome is increasing. This mini-review presents the authors' standpoint regarding this complex and difficult issue.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rescue and Disaster Medicine, University of Medical Sciences, Poznań, Poland. magdalenawitt@wp.pl.
authors.forename: Magdalena M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Witt
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular and Clinical Genetics, Institute of Human Genetics PAS, Poznań, Poland.
authors.forename: Michał P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Witt
mesh_terms: D003219:Confidentiality; D005817:Genetic Counseling / Q000941:ethics*; D005820:Genetic Testing / Q000941:ethics*; D006801:Humans; D018907:Privacy
keywords: Confidentiality; genetic counseling; privacy