Health System Implications of Direct-to-Consumer Personal Genome Testing

Australians' knowledge and perceptions of direct-to-consumer personal genome testing.

BACKGROUND As direct-to-consumer personal genome testing (DTC-PGT) is increasingly available in Australia, knowledge of Australians' perceptions and attitudes towards this technology is needed in order to assess the (potential) impact it might have on the Australian public and healthcare system. AIMS To explore the knowledge and perceptions of DTC-PGT in an Australian sample. METHODS An onl...

Consumer Perceptions of Interactions With Primary Care Providers After Direct-to-Consumer Personal Genomic Testing.

BACKGROUND Direct-to-consumer (DTC) personal genomic testing (PGT) allows individuals to learn about their genetic makeup without going through a physician, but some consumers share their results with their primary care provider (PCP). OBJECTIVE To describe the characteristics and perceptions of DTC PGT consumers who discuss their results with their PCP. DESIGN Longitudinal, prospective coh...

The Ethics of Direct-to-consumer Testing

Bioethical and clinical dilemmas of direct-to-consumer personal genomic testing: the problem of misattributed equivalence.

A number of for-profit companies now provide personal genomic testing services to clients directly, without input from a physician or other health care provider, and the results of these tests include predictions about a broad spectrum of disease risks and traits. Validated clinical genetic testing and direct-to-consumer (DTC) genomic tests differ substantially in their reliability and usefulne...

Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing: Interdisciplinary Crossroads

Yes Vote Message: a cohort receives a VOTE REQ, and it responds by sending a yes or no vote message (Yes or NO VOTE, Yes Vote also known as PREPARED message) to the coordinator (Shanker, Misra, & Sarje, 2009a) Yet Another Workflow Language (YAWL): a process modelling and execution language based on the workflow patterns and Petri nets. YAWL is also the name of the corresponding workflow system ...