Genetic information: a joint account?

Examines the ethical issue of who owns genetic information. Example of case where a woman, whose young son was diagnosed with Duchenne's muscular dystrophy, proved to be the carrier of the disease; How her sister was pregnant and said she would abort the pregnancy if the child she carried had also inherited the disease; Decision of the child's mother not to release test results and information about her son even to her sister; Dilemma of the treating doctors; Options; Medical ethics of the personal account model of patient confidentiality; Ethics of the joint account model of information sharing; Belief that in the field of genetic medicine, the joint account model should be followed.