Ethical and legal issues
Markham, I.S.
British Medical Bulletin 54(4): 1011-1021
1998
ISSN/ISBN: 0007-1420 PMID: 10367429 Document Number: 253335
This article considers the general issues surrounding screening, in particular the problems involved in the collection and use of information derived from screening. Different forms of screening entail particular problems, which have their own ethical complexities. The legal and ethical issues arising from screening are likely to assume greater significance. The screening opportunities afforded by the Human Genome Project will provide humanity with choices that would have been inconceivable to any previous generation.