The genetic testing and genetic screening of children are commonplace. Decisions about
whether to offer genetic testing and screening should be driven by the best interest of the …

OBJECTIVES: Communicating genetic risk is a distressing process for families affected by
inherited genetic conditions. This systematic review identifies and explores the challenges …

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This paper draws on a British Academy (BA) funded study exploring social workers'
conceptions of family using a vignette and focus groups. The policy context is discussed and …

'Genetic responsibility'has emerged as a key notion for understanding how genetic risk
reshapes patterns of choice, identification and obligation within families. Where previous …

Advances in molecular genetics have led to the increasing availability of genetic testing for a
variety of inherited disorders. While this new knowledge presents many obvious health …

Nominated for the Foundation of Sociology of Health and Illness Book Prize 2018 In the UK
and beyond, Down's syndrome screening has become a universal programme in prenatal …

In recent decades a model of healthy citizenship has emerged, which construes citizens as
autonomous, responsible and active participants in the management of their health. While …

Exposing ethical dilemmas of neuroscientific research on violence, this book warns against
a dystopian future in which behavior is narrowly defined in relation to our biological makeup …

A woman who carries the gene for fragile X syndrome (FXS) has a 50 per cent chance per
pregnancy of passing the gene to her sons and daughters. In this paper we analyse …