Attitudes Medical, legal Groups and Families of Children With Thalassemia Towards Genetic Diagnosis: Implications for Legislation
Publish place: 1st International Congress of Bioethics
Publish Year: 1384
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BIOETHICS01_056
Index date: 31 December 2007
Attitudes Medical, legal Groups and Families of Children With Thalassemia Towards Genetic Diagnosis: Implications for Legislation abstract
The advancements in human genetics and the completion of human genome project have raised the possibility of genetic diagnosis. This technology raises many ethical, legal and moral issues. Attitudes of doctors, medical students, lawyers, Members of parliament (MPs) and parents of children with thalassemia towards genetic screening and testing were assessed in a in Pakistan. The acceptability of genetic diagnosis , abortion and premarital screening was high in medical community and parents of thalassemic and much lower in lawyers and MPs . any future legislation must take into account the views of those most affected by genetic diseases.
Attitudes Medical, legal Groups and Families of Children With Thalassemia Towards Genetic Diagnosis: Implications for Legislation Keywords:
Genetic screening , attitudes towards genetic tests , ethical issues in genetic testing , pakistan , abortion
Attitudes Medical, legal Groups and Families of Children With Thalassemia Towards Genetic Diagnosis: Implications for Legislation authors
Ahmed Ijaz Gilani
Shifa College of Medicine, Islamabad
Muhammad Atif Jadoon
Aga Khan University , Karachi, Pakistan
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