Patient attitude to preimplantation genetic diagnosis and counseling issues

dc.contributor.author	Γουρουντή, Κλεάνθη	el
dc.contributor.author	Γλεντής, Σταύρος	el
dc.date.accessioned	2014-07-16T01:14:40Z
dc.date.available	2014-07-16T01:14:40Z
dc.date.issued	2014-07-16
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11400/1360
dc.rights	Αναφορά Δημιουργού-Μη Εμπορική Χρήση-Όχι Παράγωγα Έργα 3.0 Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/	*
dc.source	www.hsj.gr	en
dc.subject	Preimplantation genetic diagnosis
dc.subject	Prenatal diagnosis
dc.subject	Counseling
dc.subject	Preimplantation genetic diagnosis--Law and legislation
dc.subject	Preconception care
dc.subject	Προγεννετική διάγνωση
dc.subject	Συμπεριφορά
dc.subject	Νομοθεσία
dc.subject	Attitudes
dc.title	Patient attitude to preimplantation genetic diagnosis and counseling issues	en
heal.type	journalArticle
heal.generalDescription	Review	en
heal.classification	Medicine
heal.classification	Ιατρική
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heal.language	en
heal.access	free
heal.recordProvider	Τεχνολογικό Εκπαιδευτικό Ίδρυμα Αθήνας.Σχολή Επαγγελμάτων Υγείας και Πρόνοιας. Τμήμα Νοσηλευτικής	el
heal.publicationDate	2012-09
heal.bibliographicCitation	Gourounti, K., Glentis, S. (2012). Patient attitude to preimplantation genetic diagnosis and counseling issues. "Health Science Journal". 6 (3), 402-17.	en
heal.abstract	Background: During the last half of the twentieth century, there were a series of advancements in reproductive medicine and genetic testing. Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) and preimplantation genetic screening (PGS) are the two main methods of preconception genetic testing. The purpose of this article is to present the existing literature regarding the patients’ attitudes towards PGD and to stress the important of genetic and infertility counseling. Methods: The literature concerning the patients’ attitudes towards PGD was reviewed. Relevant studies were identified by searching the following databases: the Cochrane Library, Medline, Embase and PubMed. Results: The patients ‘attitudes towards PGD have been examined in a series of studies. In general the studies that have examined the acceptability of PGD have shown two main points. First, there is overall high general approval of PGD by couples at high risk and of PGS by infertile couples. Second, infertile patients have low concern about the extension of the technology to testing for non-health-related traits like social sexing. It has been also argued that Muslims might reject prenatal diagnosis and termination of pregnancy because of religious reasons. Preimplantation diagnosis may be preferable to prenatal diagnosis for Muslim parents. Conclusion: This review shows that there is a general high approval of PGD by couples at high risk and low concern about the extension of the technology to testing for non-health-related traits. However, there is big debate on the advantages and disadvantages of PGS/PGS in IVF and the international use of PGD varies from explicit legislation with or without restriction to a ‘professional guideline’ approach to legal prohibition through restrictive laws. Therefore, all couples who consider PGD or PGS should first receive genetic and infertility counseling in order to have realistic expectations, understand the advantages and disadvantages, and consider the limitations and the risks of each technique. Countries which offer PGD should also provide training in genetic counseling and/or in reproductive genetic counseling.	en
heal.publisher	Μαρβάκη, Χριστίνα	el
heal.journalName	Health Science Journal	en
heal.journalType	peer-reviewed
heal.fullTextAvailability	true
heal.dateCreated	2012-07