The approaches used in mediation may help ethics consultants, especially in difficult cases. In this piece, I primarily discuss these techniques. I also discuss how clinicians may be of the most help to parents of infants with severe genetic conditions, to research participants, and to patients who may be at risk for Alzheimer's disease and their surrogate decision makers.

This country has had significant history in the area of Eugenics. The 1920’s and 30’s were a time where Eugenics was apart of the popular culture. Everything from church sermons to Saturday night cinemas and even state fair family contests advocated the eugenic ideology of immigration restriction, race segregation and sterilization of those considered to be inferior and infiltrating the “fit” p...

abstract background: ethics was discussed for many years in medical ethics through rules, theories, hypothesis and religious. there are some organs in iran that working on ethics. department of medical science is one of them that has his own instructions on ethics. this study aims to review some of the challengeable issues in medicine. conclusion: department of ethics in iranian academy of medi...

According to the current guiding principle regarding preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD), the technique should focus on the diagnosis of genetic defects which (may) affect the health of this particular potential child--the so-called 'medical model'. I argue in favour of a more permissive view, also allowing PGD of characteristics which may be relevant for the health of 'third parties'. Two ...

of hippicampal pathology in temporal lobe epilepsy, i.e. the abnormal tissues extirpated. This landmark work indicates the extensive abnormalities appearing in the dendrites of the involved neurons, and of the glia, confirming, in man, findings previously shown in certain experimental models of epileptogenic foci. These suggest an ongoing, repeated, progressive process in such epileptic brains ...

The future growth of preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) will depend on refinements in genetic knowledge and genetic analysis of blastomeres. Equally important, however, is an acceptance of the ethical legitimacy of parents using technologies to select genetic traits of offspring. Objections based on embryo status, the giftedness of reproduction, eugenics, and protecting the child's welfare...

Life insurers have used medical information, particularly family histories, for underwriting purposes for more than a century. The practice of using genetic test information began in earnest in the 1990s when DNA diagnostic tests became a more common part of medical records.* 1 Since then, the equity of this practice has been a pressing matter of public policy. Recent research has documented a ...

Ethics and Newborn Genetic Screening addresses the ethical and policy issues surrounding technological advances that have allowed routine testing for dozens of rare diseases. This book describes newborn screening programs with an historical arc, depicting what is at its root a classic case of technology outpacing self-reflection. The arc covers everything from the original controversial screeni...

<p>Dalam review ini, dibahas tinjauan multiperspektif genetika dalam bioetika. Dikemukakan prinsip-prinsip etika mutakhir, seperti: reciprocity, mutuality, solidarity, citizenry, dan universality. Dibahas pula pemeriksaan genetika, otonomi, privasi, kebaikan, nonmaleficence, keadilan. Didiskusikan perspektif etnokultural layanan milestones guideline regulasi riset biomedis internasional, ...

What ethical justification can be found for informing a person that he or she will later develop a lethal disease for which no therapy is available? This question has been discussed during the past twenty years by specialists concerned with the prevention of Huntington's Disease, an incurable late-onset hereditary disorder. Many of them have played an active role in developing experimental test...