Description
Genetic counseling is a medical field that was established in the 1970s, but whose demand is now growing exponentially due to modern genetic technology. We now have the ability to look into the human genetic code, detect the genotype of individuals, and use this knowledge to our benefit. However, Genetic testing results in a need for new ethical boundaries to be drawn. The idea of the "best possible conditions" of conceiving a child and whether this child has a right to not know are the two major ethical issues that will be focused on in order to analyze the ethical boundary that needs to be drawn for genetic counseling. In order to analyze these ethical issues, a focus group of Arizona State University students was organized. After producing results for the focus group, there are no true conclusions that can be drawn that applied to all of society. The focus group sample size was too small to produce a broad range of results and the participants were all Arizona State University Undergraduate students. However, it did become apparent that knowledge on these ethical issues is crucial in order to ensure they do not hinder the field of genetic counseling. It is predicted that in order to have the best outcome for the field of genetic counseling, genetic counselors themselves need to draw the ethical boundaries for the issues studied.
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Title
- Testing the Limits of Ethical Issues within the Field of Genetic Counseling
Contributors
- Barker, Samantha (Author)
- Amdam, Gro (Thesis director)
- Bang, Christofer (Committee member)
- Wang, Ying (Committee member)
- Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
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2016-05
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Note
- A copy of this thesis/creative project may be available at Barrett, the Honors College at Arizona State University. If you would like to access the printed copy, please email thesis@asu.edu .