Oral+Presentation+Case+7

= Oral Presentation Case 7 =

//You are a 21‐year old University student, studying Pharmacy. Your 67‐year old grandfather (on your mother’s side) has been ill for just over two years and has recently been diagnosed with Huntington’s Disease (HD). Your mother, who shows no signs of HD, has been told by the family doctor that there is a 50% chance she has inherited the HD allele from her father. She currently shows no signs of HD. She has refused counselling and does not want to be tested for the HD allele.

What will you think about as you decide whether to be tested?//

Rights and Duties
mother's right - to not get tested your right - to know the truth your kid - right to have healthy life your relatives and friends - right to know what will happn to you and how to cope government/taxpayer- part of their money goes to care for the mentally ill society - effects of HD patients? future generation with HD?

Consequentialism
//bad// - If the test result is positive, mother feel guilty for passing the genes to her children and also anxious that she will get the disease too. (may lead to anxiety depression) - there may be changes in the relationship between me, my mother and other family - i may be emotionally distressed at the possibility i will have HD - harder to find a partner? current partner may leave? //good// - i can plan better for my future, get appropriate counselling and treatment early - less anxiety now that i know for certain what will happen and learn to cope - can decide whether to have kids or not (prevent passing down HD to next generation) - friends and family know ahead how to cope
 * Testing for HD**

//Ragen//: [|Case Presentation]  Comments: Why are these issues ethical? "Autonomy" rather than "Democracy" Good xxxx Good rationale in terms of values 13/20 