Genetic screening: ethical issues - Nuffield Council on Bioethics
Genetic screening: ethical issues - Nuffield Council on Bioethics
Genetic screening: ethical issues - Nuffield Council on Bioethics
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10.20 We recommend that the Department of Health in c<strong>on</strong>sultati<strong>on</strong><br />
with the appropriate professi<strong>on</strong>al bodies formulate detailed<br />
criteria for introducing genetic <str<strong>on</strong>g>screening</str<strong>on</strong>g> programmes, and<br />
establish a central coordinating body to review genetic<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>screening</str<strong>on</strong>g> programmes and m<strong>on</strong>itor their implementati<strong>on</strong> and<br />
outcome. (Paragraph 9.7 summarising paragraphs 9.1 - 9.4)<br />
10.21 As a c<strong>on</strong>tributi<strong>on</strong> to the discussi<strong>on</strong> of criteria for <str<strong>on</strong>g>screening</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
programmes, we suggest they should include the following:-<br />
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(i)<br />
(ii)<br />
(iii)<br />
(iv)<br />
(v)<br />
(vi)<br />
the aims and purposes of the entire programme;<br />
the predictive power and level of accuracy of the particular<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>screening</str<strong>on</strong>g> test;<br />
the value to those being screened of the knowledge gained.<br />
For each programme this should have been researched as<br />
an integral part of the follow-up to the pilot programme;<br />
the availability of therapy for the particular c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>,<br />
accepting that lack of treatment does not necessarily mean<br />
that <str<strong>on</strong>g>screening</str<strong>on</strong>g> is not worthwhile;<br />
the potential social implicati<strong>on</strong>s; and<br />
the resource costs.