Psychiatry and Psychology

Duty to Recontact

The ethical and/or legal obligation of a health provider or researcher to communicate with a former patient or research subject about advances in research relevant to a treatment or to a genetic or other diagnostic test provided earlier, or about proposed new uses of blood or tissue samples taken in the past for another purpose.

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Abstract

The ethical and/or legal obligation of a health provider or researcher to communicate with a former patient or research subject about advances in research relevant to a treatment or to a genetic or other diagnostic test provided earlier, or about proposed new uses of blood or tissue samples taken in the past for another purpose.

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Synonyms

4 entry terms
  • Recontact, Duty to
  • Duty to Follow Up
  • Recontact
  • Recontacts

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2 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings ethics, legislation & jurisprudence.

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History Note

2003; use DISCLOSURE 2002

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  1. F01.829w.401w.650w.505
  2. I01w.880w.604.583w.166
  3. N03w.706.535w.247

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Duty to Recontact. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D033002. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D033002
  2. Duty to Recontact. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q69880940