Although deeply committed to the model of nondirective counseling, most genetic
counselors enter the profession with certain assumptions about health and disability—for …

The field of genetic counseling has grown and diversified since the profession emerged in
the early 1970s. In the same period, genomic testing has become more complex, profitable …

Why do genetic counselors advocate nondirectiveness? Most authors claim that
nondirectiveness developed as a reaction to the abuses of the Nazi government and to the …

Until recently, genetics counselors and medical geneticists considered themselves lucky if
they could provide parents with predictive information about a small number of severe …

Does life have meaning? What is flourishing? How do we attain the good life? Philosophers,
and many others of us, have explored these questions for centuries. As Eva Feder Kittay …

Those who do genetic counseling agree that it should always be done in a morally neutral
manner. This is reflected in professional discussions of the goals of genetic counseling, in …

Difficult ethical issues arise for patients and professionals in medical genetics, and often
relate to the patient's family or their social context. Tackling these issues requires sensitivity …

Contributions to this study are drawn both from health professionals engaged in genetic
counselling and from observers and critics with backgrounds in law, philosophy, biology …

What limits the genetic choices parents make for their children? Is it okay to select the sex of
our children, or for deaf parents to select deaf children? In this second edition of Genetic …

Since the inception of the field of genetic counseling, the profession has had a tenuous
relationship with the disability community. Genetic counselors both offer prenatal diagnostic …