Episode 585: MJA Podcasts 2025 Episode 14 - Clinicians’ discretion to contact patients’ at-risk relatives about their genetic risk
The Medical Journal of AustraliaShow Notes
Australia’s privacy regulator has recently updated its guidance to clinicians about contacting their patients’ relatives about their genetic risk of disease.
The MJA is featuring an article on the subject by Dr Jane Tiller as an Online First this week, ahead of its publication in the Journal in August.
Dr Tiller is a lawyer, genetic counsellor and public health researcher. She’s the Ethical, Legal and Social Adviser in Public Health Genomics at Monash University.
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