in 1998 international guidelines on principles of ethics in medical genetics and genetic services was edited and provided by the world health organization. these principles are autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficience, proportionality of beneficence and non-malificience, and justice. the world health organization considers the observance of these principles highly important and expects all membe...

introduction: physicians have to visit, diagnose and refer patients with genetic disorders, so they need to be familiar with the basics and indications of genetic tests. in other words, they should have effective theoretical and practical knowledge about medical genetics before they do their job. medical genetics courses at medical universities of iran are generally presented as a theoretical s...

Introduction: Physicians have to visit, diagnose and refer patients with genetic disorders, so they need to be familiar with the basics and indications of genetic tests. In other words, they should have effective theoretical and practical knowledge about medical genetics before they do their job. Medical genetics courses at Medical Universities of Iran are generally presented as a theoretical s...