"Prevention" and the goals of genetic medicine

• Published in: Human gene therapy Vol. 6; no. 12; p. 1595
• Main Author: Juengst, E T
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.12.1995
• Subjects: Ethics, Medical; Genetic Counseling; Genetic Diseases, Inborn - genetics; Genetic Diseases, Inborn - prevention & control; Genetic Services; Genetic Testing; Genetic Therapy; Genetics, Medical; Genotype; Germ Cells; Humans; Personal Autonomy; Phenotype; Risk Assessment; Social Responsibility; Sociology; Analytical Approach; Genetics and Reproduction

Authors participating in the renewed discussion of germ-line gene therapy have begun conflating two senses of the term "prevention," which I distinguish as "phenotypic prevention" and "genotypic prevention." Phenotypic prevention describes medical efforts to forestall t...