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Ethical Issues
related to the Practice of Medical Genetics
Lecture 33
December 10 (Monday), 2001
Required Reading: Principles
of Medical Genetics
Gelerhter
TD, Collins FS, Ginsburg D
1998 Williams and Wilkins
Pages: 329-339
- Understand the complexities and challenging
ethical issues related to the practice of clinical genetics that
may arise.
- Be able to define and understand the
concepts of
Autonomy
Beneficence and Nonmaleficence
Privacy and Confidentiality
Justice and Equity
- Be able to recognize and consider those
concepts in light of your own moral framework and experience when
confronted with cases involving challenging ethical issues related
to prenatal diagnosis, confidentiality issues as related to risks
to other family members, experimental therapies, predictive testing,
predictive genetic testing of minors, pregnancy termination, and
genetic discrimination.
See related Ethics Case
studies for this lecture.
PLEASE READ THESE CASES
BEFORE LECTURE, AS THIS LECTURE WILL ACTUALLY BE MORE OF A DISCUSSION
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