There are privacy concerns as well; about a third of respondents worried that recipients of secondary findings might experience discrimination. (massgenomics.org)
A clinician can still ethically agree to perform the test but not return incidental or secondary findings if a patient understands what the results would mean and does not want to see them. (scientificamerican.com)
In my next post, I'll tackle the medical community's opinions about sharing secondary findings, based on a recent survey of 900 genetics professionals. (massgenomics.org)