AKT-1069

AKT-1069

A 22-year-old woman comes to see you following the death of her mother from cancer of the colon. She is anxious to know the risks of familial tendency, and would like access to her mother’s records.

You know this young woman was fathered by someone else (not her mother’s husband) who still lives in the village, but this fact is unknown to her. Her mother stipulated before death that her records should be confidential.

In accordance with the access to medical records act of 1990, which one of the following is correct?