Over the last forty years, the field of disability studies has emerged from the political activism
of disabled people. In this challenging review of the field, leading disability academic and …

Background: Down syndrome (DS) affects∼ 1 per 650–1000 live births and is the most
common known genetic cause of intellectual disability. A highly significant change in the …

The study of public health aims to protect and promote the wellbeing of the public as well as
reduce health inequalities. Public health ethics asks how far we should go to achieve these …

The triple test is a second trimester screening test used to identify those pregnant women
who should be offered a diagnostic test to identify whether their fetus has an aneuploidy. It …

Prenatal screening for Down syndrome affects millions of pregnancies every year
worldwide. The vast majority of screen-positive results are false, yet encourage invasive …

Genetic science has advanced rapidly in recent years; things happen now that might have
seemed like science fiction only ten years ago. Genetics and Society looks at the history of …

While trust is seen as central to most social relations, most writers, including sociologists of
science, assume that modern trust relations–especially those in regulatory relationships …

Definition The routinization of prenatal diagnosis is the source of bioethical and policy
debates regarding choice, autonomy, access, and protection. To understand these debates …

Objectives To systematically review clinical validation studies of massive parallel
sequencing (MPS) technology in prenatal screening for trisomy 21 and to explore the …

Objectives: It was the aim of this study to assess the attitudes of doctors, medical students,
lawyers, parliament members and parents of thalassemic children towards genetic …