... Genetic screening Ethical dilemmas Four-principle approach Decision-making The past 25 years have seen advances in the detection of inescapable and undesirable hereditary conditions in the human fetus [ 1 ]. Prenatal screening offers expectant couples information on the health of their fetus...

... 6 4 2006 The strategy to protect patients from potential risks of uninformed testing through informed consent rests on a number of assumptions about the genetic test decision-making process, as well as the function of informed consent or genetic counseling within that process...

...Erdmute Kunstmann; Jörg T. Epplen The widespread availability of diagnostic tools for numerous inherited diseases requires diligent decision-making regarding the risks and benefits, not only for the individual but also at the population level. Should therefore genetic counseling be offered...

... was chosen to illustrate how the context in which scientific advisory bodies operate and the nature of partnerships developed over time influence the impact on decision-making at different levels, from the micro (professional) level through the meso (institutional) level to the macro (policy) level...

... information on what the test is and entails. The question is then raised as to the type of information that is actually disclosed or that could be disclosed, based on how women value its contribution to decision-making. The way the serum marker screening test was brought up (offered by the health care...