A colleague asks his friend, a technologist, for the results of his girlfriend’s pregnancy test. The technologist obliged after telling his friend that he is doing him a big favor, and that he should not tell anyone that he told him. The test was positive. The laboratory manager was told about it through another employee. What are the moral responsibilities of the laboratory technologist?

A colleague asks his friend, a technologist, for the results of his girlfriend’s pregnancy test. The technologist obliged after telling his friend that he is doing him a big favor, and that he should not tell anyone that he told him. The test was positive. The laboratory manager was told about it through another employee. What are the moral responsibilities of the laboratory technologist?

Biomedical Instrumentation Systems

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ISBN:9781133478294

Author:Chatterjee

Publisher:Chatterjee

Chapter1: Introduction To Biomedical Instrumentation Systems

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