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  • Pediatric genetics
  • Bioethics
  • Genomic technologies

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  • Genetic testing technologies provide precise, low-cost genome analysis across human development.
  • These advancements introduce ethical challenges in pediatrics, including limited clinical utility and parental consent issues.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review ethical, legal, and policy issues surrounding genetic testing in children.
  • To examine the expanding use of genetic technologies in pediatric care.

Main Methods:

  • Review of professional organization guidance on genetic testing in children.
  • Analysis of research and experience regarding psychosocial impacts of genetic testing in pediatric populations.

Main Results:

  • New guidance addresses ethical considerations of genetic testing in children.
  • Controversies persist regarding predictive testing, secondary findings, and newborn screening consent.
  • Evidence does not indicate significant adverse psychosocial effects from genetic testing in children.
  • The concept of personal utility is increasingly justifying genetic testing, beyond clinical utility.

Conclusions:

  • Microarray and genome sequencing are expanding in pediatric care.
  • Increased deference to parental decision-making is observed when information and counseling are accessible.