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Disclosure of genetic information to at-risk relatives: recent amendments to the Privacy Act 1988 (Cwlth)
Citation
Otlowski, MFA, Disclosure of genetic information to at-risk relatives: recent amendments to the Privacy Act 1988 (Cwlth), The Medical Journal of Australia, 187, (7) pp. 398-399. ISSN 0025-729X (2007) [Refereed Article]
DOI: doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2007.tb01311.x
Abstract
• The federal Privacy Act 1988 (Cwlth) has recently been amended to permit the disclosure of genetic information to an at-risk relative when there is a serious (although not necessarily imminent) threat to that person's life, health, or safety. • This represents a significant exception to the statutory obligations to maintain the privacy of a patient's health information. • However, its scope of operation is limited in that it applies only to doctors and other health professionals working in the private sector, and does not cover those working in State public hospitals or for Commonwealth Government agencies.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Research Division: | Law and Legal Studies |
| Research Group: | Law |
| Research Field: | Law not elsewhere classified |
| Objective Division: | Law, Politics and Community Services |
| Objective Group: | Justice and the Law |
| Objective Field: | Justice and the Law not elsewhere classified |
| UTAS Author: | Otlowski, MFA (Professor Margaret Otlowski) |
| ID Code: | 49704 |
| Year Published: | 2007 |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 9 |
| Deposited By: | Law |
| Deposited On: | 2007-08-01 |
| Last Modified: | 2008-04-30 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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