The wide variation of definitions of genetic testing in international recommendations, guidelines and reports.

ABSTRACT: In spite of being very commonly used, the term genetic testing is debatable and used with several meanings. The diversity of existing definitions is confusing for scientists, clinicians and other professionals, health authorities, legislators and regulating agencies and the civil society in general, particularly when genetic testing is the object of guidelines or legal documents. This work compares definitions of genetic testing found in recommendations, guidelines and reports from international institutions, policy makers and professional organizations, but also in documents from other stakeholders in the field, as the pharmaceutical industry, insurers, ethics bodies, patient organizations or human-rights associations. A systematic review of these documents confirmed the extreme variabili

SUBMITTER: Sequeiros J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3312940 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature