Using the Best Interests Standard to Decide Whether to Test Children for Untreatable, Late-Onset Genetic Diseases.

A new analysis of the Best Interests Standard is given and applied to the controversy about testing children for untreatable, severe late-onset genetic diseases, such as Huntington's disease or Alzheimer's disease. A professional consensus recommends against such predictive testing, because it is no...

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Publicado en:	Journal of Medicine & Philosophy Vol. 32; no. 4; pp. 375 - 395
Autor principal:	Kopelman, Loretta M.
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Oxford University Press / USA Jul/Aug2007
Materias:	Medical ethics Decision making in pediatrics Human chromosome abnormality diagnosis Alzheimer's disease Huntington disease Informed consent (Medical law)
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