Genetic screening is defined in the Encyclopedia of Bioethics as" programs designed to
canvass populations of healthy individuals to identify those with genotypes that place them …

Ethical Issues in Clinical Genetics Page 198 Section 2 Consultation Chapter Ethical Issues in
Clinical Genetics Thomas May, Kelly East, Whitley Kelley, and Jana Craig 21 Objectives Upon …

Practice standards in medical genetics provide an implied guide to the ethical, legal, and
social implications of genetic tests. The public use of nondirective counseling reflects the …

In recent years there has been an enormous expansion in the knowledge that may be
gleaned from the testing of an individual's genetic material to predict present or future …

Genetic testing (predictive analysis that determines genetic alterations in individuals for
clinical purposes) and screening (programs that identify persons within a subpopulation who …

There are proportionately fewer members of minority groups among genetics services
providers (including Master's level counselors) than in other US medical specialties …

Raanan Gillon (1) and David Shapiro (2) debate admirably some of the thorny bioethical
issues potentially emanating from genetic screening, particularly in the context of the first …

Interest in genetic approaches to biomedical research problems has been high for almost
100 years, since Archibald Garrod used Gregor Mendel's rediscovered theory of inheritance …

Genetic testing can have implications for one's entire family. Whether one learns of a
predisposition to a health risk or that one actually has (or will have) a genetic disease …

Genetic information plays an increasingly important role in ourlives. As a result of the Human
Genome Project, knowledge ofthe genetic basis of various diseases is growing …