Non-invasive prenatal diagnosis (NIPD) could significantly change the framework for testing
and screening in pregnancy. This chapter reviews the ethical implications of this technology …

Oncologists are asked with increasing frequency to counsel their patients with respect to the
medical, psychological and social repercussions of genetic testing for cancer susceptibility …

The field of bioethics is increasingly coming into contact with empirical research findings. In
this article, we ask what role empirical research can play in the process of ethical …

Clinically applicable PGT was first accomplished in 1990, when it was announced that 2
women at risk for transmitting recessive X-linked diseases were pregnant with female …

Clinically applicable preimplantation genetic testing was first brought to fruition in 1990,
when it was announced that 2 women at risk for transmitting recessive X-linked diseases …

OBJETIVO: Esta revisão sobre aconselhamento genético (AG) teve o objetivo de mostrar os
conceitos atuais e os princípios filosóficos e éticos aceitos na grande maioria dos países e …

[illus. 1] John and Karen--not their real names--are both deaf, and desperately wanted a
deaf baby. But genetic testing showed that this was extremely unlikely." They were …

As is well known, Freud described the clinical practice of psychoanalysis as the 'loam'of his
cultural‐theoretical work, an assessment which is shared by many psychoanalysts up to the …

OBJETIVO: Esta revisão sobre aconselhamento genético (AG) teve o objetivo de mostrar os
conceitos atuais e os princípios filosóficos e éticos aceitos na grande maioria dos países e …

Genes associated with non-syndromic hearing loss (NSHL) are frequently included in
panels for reproductive genetic carrier screening (RGCS), despite a lack of consensus on …