title: Medical ethics for the genome world: a paper from the 2007 William Beaumont hospital symposium on molecular pathology.
abstract: Medical genetics, and in particular the areas of genetic testing and genetic counseling, are replete with ethical and social issues. This review provides readers with a summary of the genetic testing and counseling process, as well as the clinical challenges that can lead to ethical dilemmas during these processes. Using a clinical medical ethics approach, several hypothetical case scenarios are presented and discussed to provide examples of the ethical issues that can arise.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA. kormond@stanford.edu
authors.forename: Kelly E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Ormond
mesh_terms: D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005817:Genetic Counseling; D030342:Genetic Diseases, Inborn / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D005820:Genetic Testing; D005826:Genetics, Medical; D015894:Genome, Human; D006801:Humans