Genetic testing: policy issues for the new millennium

Family Policy for the New Millennium

ver the past few decades, national material prosperity, both in this nation and elsewhere in the industrialised world, has improved. Gross Domestic Product has risen to record levels. The health of many nations has improved, as measured by infant mortality and longevity and money spent on education has grown. Children's rights have been the focus of renewed attention and the ratio of children t...

European Regional Development Issues in the New Millennium and Their Impact on Economic Policy

Issues in genetic testing.

The Clinical Chemistry Forums of the American Association for Clinical Chemistry are designed to air controversial issues in the broad field of clinical chemistry. The Eighth Annual Forum was held on November 3 and 4, 1998. This Forum differed from previous meetings in the series in that it was sponsored cooperatively by the Association for Molecular Pathology. The topic of the meeting was “Iss...

The current landscape for direct-to-consumer genetic testing: legal, ethical, and policy issues.

This review surveys the developing market for direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic tests and examines the range of companies and tests available, the regulatory landscape, the concerns raised about DTC testing, and the calls for enhanced oversight. We provide a comparative overview of the situation, particularly in the United States and Europe, by exploring the regulatory frameworks for medical dev...

An Introduction to Policy Delphi; A tool for discovering the opposing views on health policy issues

Objective: In this review, we investigated various aspects of Policy Delphi technique to make decision-makers more aware of this pertinent method so that they can use it in their policy decisions in their organizations. Information sources and selected methods for study: This study was conducted using a review method and by searching the related literature in databases such as PubMed, Scopus a...