Concern for families and individuals in clinical genetics
Concern for families and individuals in clinical genetics
Clinical geneticists are increasingly confronted with ethical tensions between their responsibilities to individual patients and to other family members. This paper considers the ethical implications of a "familial" conception of the clinical genetics role. It argues that dogmatic adherence to either the familial or to the individualistic conception of clinical genetics has the potential to lead to significant harms and to fail to take important obligations seriously.
Geneticists are likely to continue to be required to make moral judgments in the resolution of such tensions and may find it useful to have access to ethics training and support.
clinical genetics, genetic counselling, genetic information
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Parker, M.
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Lucassen, A.
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2003
Parker, M.
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Lucassen, A.
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Parker, M. and Lucassen, A.
(2003)
Concern for families and individuals in clinical genetics.
Journal of Medical Ethics, 29 (2), .
Abstract
Clinical geneticists are increasingly confronted with ethical tensions between their responsibilities to individual patients and to other family members. This paper considers the ethical implications of a "familial" conception of the clinical genetics role. It argues that dogmatic adherence to either the familial or to the individualistic conception of clinical genetics has the potential to lead to significant harms and to fail to take important obligations seriously.
Geneticists are likely to continue to be required to make moral judgments in the resolution of such tensions and may find it useful to have access to ethics training and support.
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Published date: 2003
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clinical genetics, genetic counselling, genetic information
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/26513
ISSN: 1473-4257
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