Sažetak Most common approach to analyzing and solving ethical dilemmas in contemporary
medicine is the four-principles-approach. However, as the critique of principalism has …

Many ethical and social issues arise within clinical genetic practice for practitioners and their
clients. Patients confront questions about their possible obligations to generate personal …

Genetic counseling is hard work. Along with those aspects that provide professional and
personal satisfaction and are of evident value to the patient, the genetic counselor …

Genetic testing practices are increasingly advancing clinical medicine. This process of
'routinisation of genetics' has been conceived as a medical and ethical problem mainly …

Beauchamp and Childress' definition of autonomous decision‐making includes the
conditions of intentionality, understanding, and non‐control. In genetics, however, a …

The external experience of genetic counselors reflects and is processed in their personal
inner worlds. A small window into that private interior is opened here revealing the strengths …

The second edition of Genetic Counseling Practice: Advanced Concepts and Skills, provides
in-depth content regarding the advanced competencies for meeting patient needs across the …

The increasing availability of personal genetic information (a term that we will have to
define) creates situations containing challenging, sometimes even morally coercive …

▪ Abstract After explaining the origin, nature, and goals of genetic counseling, we consider
the impact of the Human Genome Project on its practice. In light of the availability of …

Genetic counselors and medical geneticists are by and large good people and highly
competent professionals who strive to help patients and their families cope with the complex …