Yet, the principles of autonomy, informed consent, privacy/confidentiality, beneficence, nonmaleficence, and justice are basic to any discussion of the ethics involved in genetic testing.

One devastating genetic disorder that exemplifies these difficult ethical and social concerns ... In summary, the choice to undergo genetic testing is a highly personal one. A person's decision ...

Sharing Genetic Information To better understand the ethical difficulties associated with a condition like SMA, suppose that a couple who has one child with SMA decides to undergo genetic testing ...

The right to know and RbG studies With every year of genetic advances, predictive genetic testing moves closer to reality, triggering ethical conflicts, including the clash between the Hippocratic ...

Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics (SCBE) has received a grant for expanding the Center for Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) and Center for Resources and Analysis (CERA).

Educational applications are not far behind, despite profound ethical issues having been largely neglected. Genetics, Ethics, and Education represents a timely, insightful, and comprehensive analysis ...

ethical and moral considerations. Hence genetic testing in embryos is not just a mere advancement but it also gives the couples the option of ensuring a genetically healthy pregnancy. However ...

The Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) genetic testing market is a massive biotechnology industry. Millions of people take at-home genetic tests for many reasons, ranging from pure curiosity to learning about a ...

Discussions about ethics are important in many aspects of health care but are especially critical when the health care includes genetic testing. There are several aspects of genetic testing that ...