👁️Bioethics Principles

Through the SLS lesson, you should have learnt what is bioethics, and the four guiding principles used in guiding one to make a decision.

You may watch the video for a quick recap on the 4 guiding principles:

1. Autonomy

2. Beneficence

3. Non-maleficence

4. Justice

As you watch the video, remember that there is no right or wrong decision to a bioethical dilemma, but rather, how you use the principle to justify your decision.

💡Genetic Screening VS Genetic Testing

One key difference to note regarding genetic screening compared to genetic testing is that:

• genetic screening identifies the risk of the disease (e.g., high/low risk) - it does not indicate if the patient have or not have the disease.

• genetic testing diagnose the patient to confirm if the patient have or do not have the disease

It is also important to note that for any screening or tests, there are chances of false positives:

• False positive in genetic screening:

  • individuals who actually do not have the disease but screened as high risk

• False positives in genetic testing:

  • individuals who actually do not have the disease but tested positive for the disease.

This comes about from the limitation of any genetic screening or tests, it cannot be 100% specific and sensitivity.

👁️watch the video to learn more about the 4 possible outcomes from any screening/tests.