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Published in final edited form as: Am J Med Genet C Semin Med Genet. 2003 May 15;119C(1):51–59. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.c.10006

TABLE VI.

Attitudes Toward Law and Confidentiality^⋆

Text of question	CF	SCD	DM	HIV	BC-A	BC-AR	CC-A	CC-AR	Total
There should be laws that allow certain people to get medical information from my file, with or without my permission (n = 588)	12.9	19.2	10.9	25.0	16.0	11.1	12.8	14.3	15.8
There should be laws that make sure people can’t get medical information about me in any way unless I give permission (n = 583)	79.2	88.8	90.1	90.3	87.8	93.3	78.7	77.6	86.1
There are already laws that do a good job of limiting who can get information about my medical condition (n = 575)	44.8	56.1	45.9	57.7	35.4	40.0	35.6	27.1	45.7

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Shown are the percentages of respondents reporting that they agree with the statements indicated. The total number of responses for each question is shown in parentheses. DM, diabetes mellitus; A, affected; AR, at risk.