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Considerations for Returning Research Results to Culturally Diverse Participants and Families of Decedents

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

Nanibaa' A. Garrison
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As genomic medicine advances and immense amounts of data are generated that may potentially affect human health, there is increasing concern around which of these results matter to participants. There has been considerable debate on which research results to return to participants and when those results should be returned. To date, however, the debates around the return of genomic results have not focused on how those results should be returned, especially when the results come from minority and/or culturally diverse participants. This commentary explores cultural and ethical considerations, and shares insight from my own Navajo background, around returning genomic research results to participants and potentially to families of culturally diverse backgrounds, with a special focus on considerations when the research participant is deceased, and raises points for further discussion.

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Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics , Volume 43 , Issue 3 , Autumn 2015 , pp. 569 - 575
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Copyright © American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics 2015

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