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Eastern Kentucky University
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BIO 315 | Genetics
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2022
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Chapter 19: Financial, Ethical, Legal, and Social Considerations ____ 1. Preimplantation genetic diagnosis provides parents with which options? B. The ability to select embryos for implantation that test negative for a familial disease mutation ____ 2. Your patient, Maggie, insists that her mother have genetic testing to determine if her breast cancer is ____ 3. A patient asks you whether the Genetic Information and Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) means that ____ 4. You are caring for a college professor who has been offered testing for her family’s mutation in ____ 5. Under which condition(s) would genetic testing for predisposition to an inherited disorder in a minor ____ 6. A patient whose mother has Huntington disease is considering genetic testing but is not sure whether ____ 7. A scientist is working to develop a genetic test that will screen embryos so that only those producing ____ 8. What should be told to the patient who has been found to have a genetic mutation that increases the ____ 9. Sometimes health-care providers with information about family members’ genetic risk are connected to a mutation in the BRCA1/2 genes. Maggie is concerned about her own risk for getting breast cancer and that of her children, but Maggie’s mom does not want to be tested. What ethical principle is one of several that must be considered in evaluating this case? D. Maggie’s mother’s “right to privacy” his insurance company is required to pay for his genetic testing if he elects to have it done. What is your best response? D. “No, it only protects against discrimination and does not require insurance companies to pay for testing.” BRCA1. She expresses fear of genetic discrimination as a reason for refusing genetic testing. What do you tell her? C. “There is now federal legislation banning genetic discrimination, and in addition, we will do everything we can to keep your results confidential.” child be considered reasonable? B. When the risk is high and prophylaxis to reduce the severity of the disorder is available she really wants to know if she has the mutation. She asks you what you would do if your mother had the disease. What is your best response? B. “I can only tell you the benefits and the risks of testing; you must make this decision yourself.” tall children with beautiful features will be implanted. What area of genetic work or studies does this example represent? A. Eugenics risk for colon cancer and says he does not want any of his family to know about this result? C. “It is not required that you tell anyone about this result; however, because your siblings and children may also be at risk for colon cancer, you should think about how this information might help them.” confronted by conflicting ethical principles. Which principle is least likely to conflict with the health-care provider’s “duty to warn”? D. Genetic discrimination