Refusing to provide a prenatal test: can it ever be ethical?

A couple in which the man carries the mutation for Huntington's disease request prenatal testing during their first pregnancy. Though they would not terminate an affected pregnancy, they would like the information. There is no treatment available that can change the course of the disease so the...

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Confidentiality
Disease prevention
Diseases
Ethical aspects
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Fetuses
General aspects
Genetic disorders
Genetic testing
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Pregnancy
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Refusal
Refusal to Treat - legislation & jurisprudence
Testing
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