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Making Responsible Decisions An Interpretive Ethic for Genetic Decisionmaking

Year: 1999

Type: article

Abstract: It is widely thought that genetic counselors should work with parents "nondirectively": they should keep parents informed and support their decisions. But this view misconceives human decisionmaking by failing to recognize that value choices are constructed within and constrained by a community. Acknowledging that decisions involve interaction with and responsibility toward others leads to a "dialogical" model of counseling, in which genetic counselors may question and quide parents' decisions.

Source: The Hastings Center Report

DOI: 10.2307/3528534

Author: Mary Terrell White

Institution: Wright State University

Language: English

Topic: Ethics and bioethics in healthcare

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2013678073

FWCI: 4.087

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Cited by: 51

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