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  • Advances in genetics have increased public interest in prenatal diagnosis, predictive genetic testing, and genetic counseling.
  • Genetic counseling has significant short-term and long-term consequences, making its ethical dimensions critically important.

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  • To examine the ethical considerations surrounding genetic counseling.
  • To assess society's readiness to responsibly utilize advanced genetic knowledge.

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  • Ethical analysis of genetic counseling practices.
  • Discussion of information disclosure and patient decision-making.

Main Results:

  • The comprehensiveness of information provided during genetic counseling is central to ethical practice.
  • Informed decision-making by patients/couples is a key ethical requirement.
  • The management and public disclosure of sensitive personal genetic information present significant ethical challenges.

Conclusions:

  • Mankind's maturity in using genetic knowledge ethically is questioned.
  • Ethical genetic counseling requires comprehensive information, informed consent, and careful handling of sensitive data.