Identify six critiques of autonomy as a primary trumping ethical principle. Develop ethically
sound counseling strategies for situations in which patient autonomy may not be desired by …

This chapter defines autonomy and its role in genetic counseling practice. It identifies
limitations of autonomy as a primary guiding ethical principle in genetic counseling practice …

In genetic counseling, facilitation of autonomous decision-making is seen as a primary aim
and respect for autonomy is used to justify a nondirective counseling approach whereby …

Respect for autonomy in genetic counseling is generally understood as a negative right: as
clients' right to noninterference in decision-making. In order to promote client autonomy …

Respect for patient autonomy has served as the dominant ethical principle of genetic
counselling, but as we move into a genomic era, it is time to actively re-examine the role that …

Respect for individual autonomy is a strong tradition in genetic counseling. The profession
arose in conjunction with prenatal diagnostic technology and the need to provide …

Respect for autonomy of clients and helping clients to achieve the good they desire are now
recurring themes in genetic counseling literature. In professional discourses on the clinical …

For three decades nondirectiveness has served as the central ethos for genetic counseling.
It has evolved from narrow definitions defining what should not be done to broad definitions …

Nondirective genetic counseling developed as a means of promoting informed and
independent decision-making. To the extent that it minimizes risks of coercion, this …

Nondirectiveness in genetic counseling is an attitude that, in practice, tries to avoid the
pitfalls of directiveness by respecting client autonomy as far as possible. It has its roots in …