GEN: Ethical issue in genetics

Question 1

what are the main themes of genetics and society?

Answer 1

• identity
• justice
• participation

Question 2

what are the positive and negatives effect of predisposition testing on identity?

Answer 2

• patients-in-waiting: have no symptoms but know they are more likely to develop certain symptoms making them pre-patients (negative)
• participatory, personalised, preventative, predictive (positive)
• somatic individuality -identity changes slightly, situated dis/empowerment (positive and negative)

Question 3

what is BTC?

Answer 3

beyond-the-clinic: growing responsibilities to generate and analyse health-related data outside the clinic; data generation and data analysis

Question 4

what is personalised medicine PM?

Answer 4

focus on matching drug treatments to groups with certain genetic markers considering individual characteristics at every stage - prevention, diagnosis, treatment and monitoring

Question 5

what is stratified medicine?

Answer 5

connection with pathophysiology and treatment

Question 6

what is precision medicine?

Answer 6

link to data-rich medicine and medicine beyond the clinic

Question 7

what is the hierarchy for individualisation, personalised medicine, stratified medicine and blockbuster medicine?

Answer 7