The international Human Genome Project (HGP) will rapidly make genetic information
available on a worldwide scale previously impossible to imagine. All adults have a right, if …

Dorothy Wertz and John Fletcher pioneered the first international study of ethical and social
issues in genetics in 18 nations. This book reports and discusses their second and more …

This document is intended for consideration by medical geneticists and by their professional
and scientific organizations. Our purpose, greatly aided by helpful comments from others', is …

The so-called 'new genetics,'a phrase sometimes associated with The Human Genome
Initiative, poses no really new ethical problems, but exacerbates old ones. The issues of …

Abstract In July, 1995, the Hereditary Diseases Programme of the World Health Organization
published a 91-page document entitled “Guidelines on Ethical Issues in Medical Genetics …

In modern health care, duties grounded in an ethical principle of respect for persons can
only be made real and carried out in communities of persons where respect prevails. These …

The approaches of 295 medical geneticists in the United States to 14 clinical problems and
3 screening situations that required a moral choice aresummarized. These data are part of a …

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To provide a basis for international discussion of ethical problems, we studied responses of
medical geneticists in 18 countries to questionnaires about 14 clinical cases and five …

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 …