The Human Genome Project is expected to increase dramatically our ability to predict the
likelihood of genetic disease in an individual. It is important to reject the myth of genetic …

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 …

In the broad arena of international scientific research, the use of placebos in clinical trials,
the meaning of “best proven therapeutic method” in culturally diverse settings, and questions …

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 …

In order to provide a basis for international discussion of ethics among geneticists, we
surveyed the responses of medical geneticists to a questionnaire describing 14 hypothetical …

Ethical issues in genetics have received considerable attention in the last few years due to
the existence of the Human Genome Project. This 15-year, federally funded project has the …

The family covenant proposed by Doukas and Berg (2001) is a welcome idea, for several
reasons. The issue of disclosure to family is one of the most ethically troubling in clinical …

Methods 1 Anonymous questionnaires, covering a variety of ethical and social issues in
genetics, were mailed in 1994-96 to:- all persons certified by the American Board of Medical …

The ethical aspects of the new genetic technologies, including sampling, have been
exhaustively examined by professional ethicists, and numerous public policy statements …