Spanish C2 · Day 19
Day 19: Hallazgos imprevistos y el derecho a ignorarlos — High-register lejos de and a despecho de (part 1)
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- Grammar: High-register lejos de and a despecho de (part 1)
- Reading: El hallazgo sobrante
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Grammar point: High-register lejos de and a despecho de (part 1)
A protocol on incidental findings must distinguish a rejected expectation from an obstacle that remains real. ‘Lejos de’ replaces an anticipated action with its contrary; ‘a despecho de’ marks a result that survives a stated obstacle. Compare ‘Lejos de autorizar el aviso, la cláusula lo prohíbe’ with ‘A despecho de la prohibición, el comité estudió una excepción’.
Key vocabulary (8 of 29 words)
- el hallazgo incidental – incidental finding
- el derecho a no saber – the right not to know
- la autodeterminación informativa – control over one's personal information
- la capacidad para consentir – capacity to give consent
- la profundidad informativa – level of detail in the information given before consent
- la comunicación del hallazgo – communication of findings to the person examined
- la accionabilidad clínica – clinical actionability
- la penetrancia – penetrance: how often a genetic variant produces its associated trait
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