Informed consent in the welfare and research practice of Clinical Genetics

Abstract

Informed consent is justified by the principle of respect for individuals and their autonomous decisions. The photography in Genetic for the data that it provides in the clinical evaluation of the patient and the family, as well as in the phenotype-genotype correlation, it is a human genetic data of so much importance as a sample of deoxyribonucleic acid, and as such must be subject to the same ethical standards for its taking, with the written informed consent, like the rest of the biological samples. Similarly, in the Medical Genetic Services, the implementation of invasive technique of prenatal diagnostic, as well as the couple’s request to interrupt the pregnancy in the diagnosis of severe congenital malformations, they require the expressed and written consent of both members of the couple. A bibliographic review was carried out with the aim of putting some considerations on the informed consent in the different situations of the care practice in the Specialty of Clinical Genetics.

Keywords

• consentimiento informado
• genética médica
• diagnóstico prenatal
• aborto eugenésico
• bioética