The ethics of consent and choice in prenatal screening
By: by Eleanor Milligan
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Pub.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Newcastle upon Tyne
Language: eng
Number of pages: 246
ISBN-13: 9781443826488
Subjects: Genetic Testing; Ethics; Eugenic Abortion; Prenatal Diagnosis; Prenatal diagnosis; Moral and ethical aspects
Description: "Increasingly, notions of individual autonomy, personal 'choice' and preference have become woven into our reproductive expectations. With respect to prenatal screening, the choices sought, offered or denied are shaped and interpreted through a range of social, personal, institutional and philosophical lenses. While prenatal screening seeks to promote parental choice and early intervention, for the most part, the genetic anomalies commonly targeted are inherently 'unfixable'. Frequently, the only further intervention on offer is selective termination. Hence, the practice of prenatal screening raises complex ethical questions, forcing judgement on the desirability or undesirability of certain traits in our future offspring. This book explores the numerous factors that shape how such ethical choices are interpreted from the perspective of individual mothers and health care providers, and considers the impact of these factors on personal autonomy and consent to prenatal screening."--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Consent, choice and the context of prenatal screening; title: An ethical orientation; title: Prenatal screening: the technical lens; title: Consent and choice: philosophical constraints; title: Consent and choice: institutional constraints; title: Consent and choice: social constraints; title: Consent and choice: personal constraints; title: Informed consent and patient education in clinical care; title: Transforming practice.