The Ethics of Delivering Precision Medicine—Pretest Counseling and Somatic Genomic Testing
Hala T. Borno, Jennifer R. Rider, Christine M. Gunn
Abstract
This Viewpoint advocates for clinicians, health care systems, and professional organizations to adopt standards on the use of somatic testing, including pretest and posttest genetic counseling and education.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineGenetic testingGenetic counselingSomatic cellFamily medicinePrecision medicineMEDLINEHealth carePersonalized medicineMedical educationGeneticsInternal medicinePathologyGeneBiologyLawEconomicsPolitical scienceEconomic growthBRCA gene mutations in cancerEthics in Clinical ResearchPrenatal Screening and Diagnostics