In the third part of a four-part series, Victor R. Cotton, MD, JD, presented “Genetic Testing in Prostate Cancer: Ethical & Legal Considerations” for the Grand Rounds in Urology audience in December 2019. This educational program is supported is Myriad Genetics. Part 1 of this series is available here and Part 2 is available here.
How to cite: Cotton, Victor R. “Genetic Testing in Prostate Cancer: Ethical & Legal Considerations” December, 2019. Accessed Dec 2024. https://dev.grandroundsinurology.com/genetic-testing-in-prostate-cancer-ethical-legal-considerations/
Genetic Testing in Prostate Cancer: Ethical & Legal Considerations – Summary:
Victor R. Cotton, MD, JD, outlines emerging ethical and legal issues in genetic testing for prostate cancer, as well as how these fit into patient care. He highlights a case where a lack of genetic testing exposed treating physicians to financial liability, discusses inconsistency in lab results and the legal implications of that inconsistency, and gives guidelines for when physicians may or may not be liable if patients are not genetically screened.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Dr. Cotton is the Founder and President of Law & Medicine, a company based out of Hershey Pennsylvania, that is designed to provide clinicians with the medical-legal knowledge they need. He received his medical degree from Pennsylvania State University, did his residency training in Internal Medicine on the Osler Service at Johns Hopkins Hospital, and received his law degree from Widener University. Dr. Cotton has practiced and taught both law and medicine, spending eight years as an internist and the past twenty years as a healthcare attorney. Dr. Cotton is an experienced speaker and educator and has received “Professor of the Year” awards at both the medical and law schools where he has taught.
