PDF-(BOOK)-Choosing Down Syndrome: Ethics and New Prenatal Testing Technologies (Basic Bioethics)

An argument that more people should have children with Down syndrome written from a prochoice disabilitypositive perspectiveThe rate at which parents choose to terminate a pregnancy when prenatal tests indicate that the fetus has Down syndrome is between 60 and 90 percent In Choosing Down Syndrome Chris Kaposy offers a carefully reasoned ethical argument in favor of choosing to have such a child Arguing from a prochoice disabilitypositive perspective Kaposy makes the case that there is a common social bias against cognitive disability that influences decisions about prenatal testing and terminating pregnancies and that more people should resist this bias by having children with Down syndromeDrawing on accounts by parents of children with Down syndrome and arguing for their objectivity Kaposy finds that these parents see themselves and their families as having benefitted from having a child with Down syndrome To counter those who might characterize these accounts as based on selfdeception or expressing adaptive preference Kaposy cites supporting evidence including divorce rates and observational studies showing that families including children with Down syndrome typically function well Himself the father of a child with Down syndrome Kaposy argues that cognitive disability associated with Down syndrome does not lead to diminished wellbeing He argues further that parental expectations are influenced by neoliberal ideologies that unduly focus on the supposed diminished economic potential of a person with Down syndromeKaposy does not advocate restricting access to abortion or prenatal testing for Down syndrome and he does not argue that it is ethically mandatory in all cases to give birth to a child with Down syndrome People should be free to make important decisions based on their values Kaposys argument shows that it may be consistent with their values to welcome a child with Down syndrome into the family. Professor Dilly OC Anumba . Chair in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The University of Sheffield Medical School. Consultant . in Obstetrics and Fetomaternal . Medicine. Clinical Lead, . Wesfield. Fetomaternal Unit. Evolution of Bioethics. Dr. Richard Van West-Charles. Evolution of Bioethics. (i) Paradigm. of Traditional Medical Ethics. (ii) Biomedical Ethics. (iii)Public Health Ethics. Domain of Bioethics. Biomedical. Emily Boothe DO, Marta . Olenderek. DO, . Erinn. Allred BS, and Sebastian Kaplan PhD. Wake Forest Baptist Health Department of Psychiatry. What is group medical care?. Typically brings together a group of patients with a similar condition. OBJECTIVES. You will be able to….. Investigate the 3 periods of prenatal development. Identify and describe the major components of the 3 periods of prenatal development. TRIMESTERS. Human . gestation. Produced by the Medicaid Data Analytics – Business Intelligence Unit. Presented by Rachel La Croix, Medicaid Quality Bureau. Florida Medicaid – Snapshot. Florida Medicaid currently serves 3,916,609 enrollees.. Emily Boothe DO, Marta . Olenderek. DO, . Erinn. Allred BS, and Sebastian Kaplan PhD. Wake Forest Baptist Health Department of Psychiatry. What is group medical care?. Typically brings together a group of patients with a similar condition. determination of fetal blood groups. Laurie Lee, MD, PhD. Blood Bank Rotation. May 2016. Tumors release cell-free DNA (. cfDNA. ) into circulation. Mandel . P, . Metais. . P. Les . acides. . nucleiques. . – The Clinician’s Perspective. Allan J Fisher, MD, FACOG, . FACMG. Director, Perinatal Genetics. Elliot Hospital System. Manchester . NH. Noninvasive Prenatal Testing (Screening). Introduced commercially October 2011. In recent years, bioethicists have worked on government commissions, on ethics committees in hospitals and nursing homes, and as bedside consultants. Because ethical knowledge is based on experience within the field rather than on universal theoretical propositions, it is open to criticism for its lack of theoretical foundation. Once in the clinic, however, ethicists noted the extent to which medical practice itself combined the certitudes of science with craft forms of knowledge. In an effort to forge a middle path between pure science and applied medical and ethical knowledge, bioethicists turned to the work of classical philosophy, especially the theme of a practical wisdom that entails a variable knowledge of particulars. In this book contemporary bioethicists and scholars of ancient philosophy explore the import of classical ethics on such pressing bioethical concerns as managed care, euthanasia, suicide, and abortion. Although the contributors write within the limits of their own disciplines, through cross references and counterarguments they engage in fruitful dialogue. The questions of whether there is a shared nature common to all human beings and, if so, what essential qualities define this nature are among the most widely discussed topics in the history of philosophy and remain the subject of perennial interest and controversy. This book offers a metaphysical investigation of the composition of the human essence-that is, with what is a human being identical or what types of parts are necessary for a human being to exist: an immaterial mind, a physical body, a functioning brain, a soul? It also considers the criterion of identity for a human being across time and change-that is, what is required for a human being to continue existing as a person despite undergoing physical and psychological changes over time? Jason Eberl\'s investigation presents and defends a theoretical perspective from the thirteenth-century philosopher and theologian Thomas Aquinas. Advancing beyond descriptive historical analysis, this book places Aquinas\'s account of human nature into direct comparison with several prominent contemporary theories: substance dualism, emergentism, animalism, constitutionalism, four-dimensionalism, and embodied mind theory. There are practical implications of exploring these theories as they inform various conclusions regarding when human beings first come into existence-at conception, during gestation, or after birth-and how we ought to define death for human beings. Finally, each of these viewpoints offers a distinctive rationale as to whether, and if so how, human beings may survive death. This book\'s central argument is that the Thomistic account of human nature includes several desirable features that other theories lack and offers a cohesive portrait of one\'s continued existence from conception through life to death and beyond. What is Down Syndrome?. Down syndrome is a condition in which a person has an extra chromosome. . Chromosomes are small “packages” of genes in the body. They determine how a baby’s body forms and functions as it grows during pregnancy and after birth. . May . 19, 2015. Today’s Plan. Innovations in prenatal diagnosis (Gitler). Anneuploidy. Mendelian. disorders. Non-invasive diagnostic technologies. Yair. . Blumenfeld. , M.D.. clinical aspects . cell. Jessica M. Fairey, MS, CGC. Assistant Director, Clinical Assistant Professor. USC Genetic Counseling Program. Prenatal & Adult Genetic Counseling Services. Prisma Health Department of . ObGyn. Conflict of Interest Statement. • Can decrease risk of pre-term babies or abortions • Can decrease mortality rates ( ectopic pregnancy, hypertension, embolism, infection, hemorrhage are the main causes of death during pregnancy) The first prenatal visit • Establish a baseline data. • Explain why specific data are related to pregnancy • Discuss weight changes and physical changes during pregnancy • Urine analysis • Establish communication in a private, quite setting • Confirm pregnancy: assess for signs of pregnancy.