Journal
NEW GENETICS AND SOCIETY
Volume 28, Issue 4, Pages 401-414Publisher
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/14636770903314533
Keywords
genetic testing; lay perceptions; Germany; Israel
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Germany and Israel represent opposite regulatory approaches and bioethical outlooks regarding genetic testing. This study examines lay attitudes (including attitudes of people affected by genetic diseases) in both countries towards genetic testing of adults, focusing on the differences between cultural and personal argumentations, as well as between affected and non-affected perspectives. With regard to three major emerging themes - medical technology/technocratic medicine; economic aspects of healthcare; and personal decision-making - a national contrast was apparent on the cultural level of argumentation, but not in the personal context of decision-making or in the concerns of people affected by genetic diseases. We conclude by discussing the interplay of national culture and individual experience in constructing arguments about the harms and benefits of genetic testing, and the implications for the study of cross-cultural bioethics in the context of ogenetic responsibilityo.
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