Article
Old Challenges or New Issues? Genetic Health Professionals' Experiences Obtaining Informed Consent in Diagnostic Genomic Sequencing.
AJOB empirical bioethics - 1 Jan 2000
Vears Danya F, Borry Pascal, Savulescu Julian, Koplin Julian J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: While integrating genomic sequencing into clinical care carries clear medical benefits, it also raises difficult ethical questions. Compared to traditional sequencing technologies, genomic sequencing and analysis is more likely to identify unsolicited findings (UF) and variants that cannot be classified as benign or disease-causing (variants of uncertain significance; VUS). UF and VUS pose new...
Topics
- Access to Information
- Adult
- Attitude of Health Personnel
- Child
- Ethics, Clinical
- Genetic Counseling
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genetic Research
- Genetic Testing
- Genomics
- Health Personnel