1. Legal and social issues in medical genetics.
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Turner JH, Hayashi TT, and Pogoloff DD
- Subjects
- Abortion, Legal, Amniocentesis, Confidentiality, Female, Genetic Counseling, Humans, Infant, Newborn, Informed Consent legislation & jurisprudence, Legislation, Medical, Male, Marriage, Mass Screening legislation & jurisprudence, Methods, Middle Aged, Physician-Patient Relations, Pregnancy, Risk Assessment, Sterilization, Involuntary, United States, Disclosure, Genetic Diseases, Inborn, Genetic Privacy, Genetics, Medical, Jurisprudence, Medical Records, Truth Disclosure
- Abstract
This paper was written for the purpose of providing the physician with a perspective of the conflicting scientific, individual, and societal interests which have been evoked by increasing medical and scientific innovation in the area of human genetic disease. In it the following subjects are considered: (1) obtaining genetic information by amniocentesis, by genetic counseling, and by screening; (2) disclosure of genetic data to the patient; (3) inclusion of genetic data on the medical record; (4) courses of action available to the individual after disclosure of genetic information, i.e., abortion, sterilization, etc.; (5) the state and involuntary sterilization; and (6) prohibitions on marriage.
- Published
- 1979
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