sodium-ethylxanthate and Genetic-Diseases--Inborn

Topics: Child; Child, Preschool; Choice Behavior; Cultural Diversity; Disorders of Sex Development; Ethics, Medical; Female; Genetic Diseases, Inborn; Humans; Male; Parental Consent; Sex; Social Values; Time Factors; Truth Disclosure; Uncertainty

Women constitute 35% of providers in genetics, at the doctoral level. A survey of 682 geneticists in 19 nations showed that gender was the single most important determinant of ethical decision making. Women were less directive and more observant of patient autonomy than men. The future influx of women into medicine calls for research on provider gender and decisions. Research is also needed on women's and men's perceptions of abortion for genetic reasons, on extended families' views, on agreement between partners and on overall effectiveness of genetic counseling, including communication, elements of provider satisfaction, interpretation of risk and uncertainty after counseling.

Topics: Abortion, Eugenic; Abortion, Induced; Attitude; Behavioral Research; Data Collection; Decision Making; Disclosure; Empathy; Empirical Research; Ethics, Medical; Evaluation Studies as Topic; Family; Female; Feminism; Fetal Diseases; Freedom; Genetic Counseling; Genetic Diseases, Inborn; Genetic Testing; Genetics; Health Personnel; Humans; International Cooperation; Internationality; Male; Men; Moral Development; Morals; Patients; Personal Autonomy; Prenatal Diagnosis; Reproductive Techniques, Assisted; Research; Sex; Sex Determination Analysis; Social Justice; Women

Topics: Coronary Disease; Diseases in Twins; Down Syndrome; Environment; Female; Genetic Diseases, Inborn; Humans; Hypertrophy; Male; Models, Genetic; Neural Tube Defects; Pregnancy; Pyloric Stenosis; Random Allocation; Schizophrenia; Sex; Twins, Dizygotic; Twins, Monozygotic

Topics: Abortion, Induced; Amniocentesis; Chromosome Aberrations; Ethics, Medical; Female; Genetic Diseases, Inborn; Humans; Insemination, Artificial; Male; Paraphilic Disorders; Parent-Child Relations; Personal Autonomy; Population Control; Pregnancy; Role; Sex; Sex Chromosome Aberrations; Sex Ratio; Social Control, Formal; Social Planning

Topics: Amniotic Fluid; Female; Genetic Diseases, Inborn; Gestational Age; Humans; Karyotyping; Male; Methods; Pregnancy; Sex; Sex Chromatin