Introduction to clinical ethics / Rebecca R. Anderson -- The (micro) array of options for preconceptional and prenatal testing / Daragh Conrad and Christy Stanley -- The "ART" of assisted reproductive technologies / Sonja Eubanks Higgins -- Testing children for adult onset conditions / Dawn Allain -- These are not the genes you're looking for : incidental findings identified as a result of genetic testing / Curtis Coughlin, II -- Is that a threat or a promise? Direct-to-consumer marketing of genetic testing / Laura Hercher -- Genetics and patent law / Rebecca R. Anderson -- Ethical issues in genetic and genomic research / Dawn Allain and Kelly Ormond
Summary
Knowledge of the genetic basis of human diseases is growing rapidly, with important implications for pre-conceptional, prenatal, and predictive testing. While new genetic testing offers better insight into the causes of and susceptibility for heritable diseases, not all inherited diseases that can be predicted on the basis of genetic information can be treated or cured. Should we test everyone who wants to know his or her genetic status, even when there are no possibilities for treatment? What is the role of the ""right-not-to-know?"" Do we test children for adult onset disorders because the parents just "have to know" or do we respect the children's right to choose when they are older?
