title: [Neonatal screening for congenital metabolic pathologies. Ethical and social aspects. Implications for nurses and midwives].
abstract: The authors describe the diseases which are detectable by means of neonatal screening programs available in the different Spanish Autonomous Communities. They analyze some of the ethical and social implications which may occur and they emphasize what those programs mean for nursing professionals, fundamentally midwives and nurses who work in primary health care units or pediatric units.
authors.affiliation: Unidad Docente de Matronas de Cataluña, Escuela de Enfermeria, Universidad de Barcelona, Miembro del grupo de Enfermería y Genética.
authors.forename: Josefina
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Goberna Tricas
authors.forename: M Concepción
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Martín-Arribas
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008661:Metabolism, Inborn Errors / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000451:nursing*; D008880:Midwifery; D015997:Neonatal Screening / Q000941:ethics*; D024802:Nurse's Role; D012961:Sociology; D013030:Spain