概括
基因检测可以指导生殖选择,但隐藏的成本会造成不平等. 拟议的术语"plutonormativity"涉及医疗保健政策中的财富假设,影响对遗传生殖规划的获取.
科学领域:
- 基因组学就是基因组学.
- 生殖健康 生殖健康
- 生物伦理学生物伦理学
背景情况:
- 基因检测,包括测序,为生殖决策提供了宝贵的见解.
- 然而,这些先进的基因组技术的财务影响往往被忽视.
- 这种监督可能导致在获得关键的生殖健康信息方面存在差异.
研究的目的:
- 引入和定义"plutonormativity"这个术语.
- 分析plutonormative假设如何影响获得基因组学支持的生殖规划.
- 突出基因测试中未被承认的财务障碍所造成的不平等.
主要方法:
- 概念分析和定义一个新的术语",plutonormativity".
- 检查现有的文献和关于基因测试和生殖规划的论述.
- 案例研究分析,重点关注用于生殖决策的基因测试的背景.
主要成果:
- 遗传测试对生殖规划的好处经常被提出,而不承认相关的自付费用.
- "Plutonormativity"描述了社会对财富的假设,这种假设是政策和实践的基础,创造了障碍.
- 这些财务障碍不成比例地影响了资源有限的个人,限制了对遗传信息的访问.
结论:
- 在医疗保健中广泛假设的财务能力,称为plutonormativity,阻碍了公平获得遗传生殖规划.
- 解决plutonormativity对于确保基因组技术的好处可供所有个人使用至关重要.
- 需要进一步的研究和政策变化,以减轻遗传医疗保健服务的财务不平等.
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