Ethical dilemmas in genetics and genetic counseling: Principles through case scenarios Book Whole

  


Editor: Berliner, J. L.
Title: Ethical dilemmas in genetics and genetic counseling: Principles through case scenarios
Abstract: (from the cover) As genetic testing continues to offer better insights into the causes and susceptibility surrounding heritable diseases, the fact remains that only some of these diseases can be treated or cured. In these cases, genetic counselors face difficult ethical decisions related to what to disclose-and what not to disclose-to clients and families. Ethical Dilemmas in Genetics and Genetic Counseling uses a creative and practical approach to deconstruct the varied and complex implications of new genetic testing, focusing on a single extended family as a case example to illustrate each chapter's key points. Topics covered include: Prenatal and pre-implantation genetic diagnosis; Assisted reproductive technologies; Incidental findings in genetic testing; Gene patenting; Testing children and adult onset disorders; Direct to consumer testing; Research studies. Ethical Dilemmas in Genetics and Genetic Counseling is essential reading for anyone interested in the ethical issues surfacing in common genetics practice. Written exclusively by genetic counselors, it marks a significant contribution to the field of ethics in genetics that will appeal not only to genetic counselors, but the physicians, nurses, and all those concerned with bioethics and social science. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved).
Keywords: genetics; genetic counseling; ethical dilemmas
ISBN: 978-0-19-994489-7
Publisher: Oxford University Press  
Publication Place: Oxford, UK
Date Published: 2015-01-01
Total Pages: 226
Language: English
ACCESSION: Book: 2016-05439-000
PROVIDER: Ovid Technologies
PROVIDER: psycinfo
DOI/URL:

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Notes: Source: PsycINFO