Abstract:Purpose: The proper communication of clinically actionable findings to participants of genetic research entails important ethical considerations, but has been challenging for a variety of reasons. We document an instance of return of individual genetic results in the context of a very rural American Indian community, in hopes of providing insight to other investigators about potentially superior or inferior courses of action.
Methods: The original study was a case/control study of asthma among 324 pediatric pa… Show more
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