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Does The Theory Of Reasoned Action Inform The Willingness Of Individuals Undergoing Genetic Testing To Seek Disclosure Of Incidental Findings Related To The Risk For Alzheimer Disease?, Alisa M. Forrest

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Background: In recent years, researchers have increasingly employed genetic testing as a means for understanding and treating diseases like Alzheimer disease, a common progressive disease affecting cognition and behavior. Genetic studies hold the potential for major breakthroughs in treatment of diseases like Alzheimer disease. However, with the increase in the use of genomewide association, microarray, and whole genome sequencing comes the potential for a greater number of incidental findings in genetic research—findings not central to the aim of a study but nonetheless informative about a participant’s health. Although many studies have documented the ethical implications around disclosure of such findings …