ETHICAL, LEGAL, AND PSYCHOSOCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF GENETIC TESRING IN IRAN

ETHICAL, LEGAL, AND PSYCHOSOCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF GENETIC TESRING IN IRAN

Information about a person’s inherited risk of disease has important ethical , legal and psychosicial implications in clinical practice. Since genetic information are highly personal and familial, issues of confidentiality arise. Counselling and informed consent before testing are important in view of the social and psychological risks that accompany testing , the complexity of information surrounding testing , and the fact that effective interferes are often not available. Follow-up conselling is also important to help patients to use the test results into their lives and the lives of their relatives . genetic counseling should be provided by practitioners who have up-to-data knowledge of the genetics of and the tests available for specific diseases, are aware of the social and psychological risks associated with testing.