Appropriate consideration of the ethical issues surrounding genetic testing is essential to ensure that the knowledge gained from diagnostic techniques is used appropriately.
Keywords: clinical utility; prediction; reproduction; psychosocial
Bioethics of Genetic Testing
Ellen Wright Clayton, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Published online: August 2001
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0003478
| Further Reading | |
| book Committee on Assessing Genetic Risks, Division of Health Sciences Policy, Institute of Medicine (1994) Assessing Genetic Risks: Implications for Health and Social Policy. Washington DC: National Academy Press. | |
| book Khoury MJ, Burke W and Thomson E (eds) (2000) Genetics and Public Health in the 21st Century: Using Genetic Information to Improve Health and Prevent Disease. New York: Oxford University Press. | |
| Newborn Screening Task Force (2000) Serving the family from birth to the medical home: a report from the Newborn Screening Task Force convened in Washington, DC, May 10–11, 1999. Pediatrics 106: 383–427. | |
| book President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research (1983) Screening and Counseling for Genetic Conditions: The Ethical, Social, and Legal Implications of Genetic Screening, Counseling, and Education Programs. Washington DC: US Government Printing Office. | |
| book Rothenberg K and Thomson E (eds) (1994) Women and Prenatal Testing: Facing the Challenges of Genetic Technology. Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press. | |
| book Rothstein M (ed.) (1997) Genetic Secrets: Protecting Privacy and Confidentiality in the Genetic Era. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. | |
