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Legal approaches to risk of harm in genetic counseling: perspectives from Quebec and Qatar
Genetic counseling is a fast-growing profession worldwide, with genetic counselors taking on increasingly comprehensive and autonomous roles in the healthcare sector. However, the absence of appropriate legal frameworks could potentially create risks of harm to the public. Legal recognition serves t...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10416622/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37576562 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2023.1190421 |
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author | Patrinos, Dimitri Ghaly, Mohammed Al-Shafai, Mashael Zawati, Ma’n H. |
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description | Genetic counseling is a fast-growing profession worldwide, with genetic counselors taking on increasingly comprehensive and autonomous roles in the healthcare sector. However, the absence of appropriate legal frameworks could potentially create risks of harm to the public. Legal recognition serves to protect the public from risk of harm by regulating the safe and competent practice of healthcare professionals. Genetic counseling is not legally recognized in most world jurisdictions. Examination of the legal status of genetic counseling in different jurisdictions and whether existing legal mechanisms are adequate to address potential risks of harm is therefore timely. This paper examines the different roles of genetic counselors in the Canadian province of Quebec and the state of Qatar, the authors’ respective jurisdictions. It considers the types of harms that may be created where appropriate legal mechanisms are lacking, considering the socio-political and legal differences between the two jurisdictions. Moreover, it examines the legal status of genetic counseling in Quebec and Qatar to determine whether these statuses appropriately address the identified risks of harm. The authors argue that existing legal frameworks are inadequate to address these risks and recommend that additional regulatory mechanisms be implemented to properly protect the public from risks of harm. |
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spelling | pubmed-104166222023-08-12 Legal approaches to risk of harm in genetic counseling: perspectives from Quebec and Qatar Patrinos, Dimitri Ghaly, Mohammed Al-Shafai, Mashael Zawati, Ma’n H. Front Genet Genetics Genetic counseling is a fast-growing profession worldwide, with genetic counselors taking on increasingly comprehensive and autonomous roles in the healthcare sector. However, the absence of appropriate legal frameworks could potentially create risks of harm to the public. Legal recognition serves to protect the public from risk of harm by regulating the safe and competent practice of healthcare professionals. Genetic counseling is not legally recognized in most world jurisdictions. Examination of the legal status of genetic counseling in different jurisdictions and whether existing legal mechanisms are adequate to address potential risks of harm is therefore timely. This paper examines the different roles of genetic counselors in the Canadian province of Quebec and the state of Qatar, the authors’ respective jurisdictions. It considers the types of harms that may be created where appropriate legal mechanisms are lacking, considering the socio-political and legal differences between the two jurisdictions. Moreover, it examines the legal status of genetic counseling in Quebec and Qatar to determine whether these statuses appropriately address the identified risks of harm. The authors argue that existing legal frameworks are inadequate to address these risks and recommend that additional regulatory mechanisms be implemented to properly protect the public from risks of harm. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-07-28 /pmc/articles/PMC10416622/ /pubmed/37576562 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2023.1190421 Text en Copyright © 2023 Patrinos, Ghaly, Al-Shafai and Zawati. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Genetics Patrinos, Dimitri Ghaly, Mohammed Al-Shafai, Mashael Zawati, Ma’n H. Legal approaches to risk of harm in genetic counseling: perspectives from Quebec and Qatar |
title | Legal approaches to risk of harm in genetic counseling: perspectives from Quebec and Qatar |
title_full | Legal approaches to risk of harm in genetic counseling: perspectives from Quebec and Qatar |
title_fullStr | Legal approaches to risk of harm in genetic counseling: perspectives from Quebec and Qatar |
title_full_unstemmed | Legal approaches to risk of harm in genetic counseling: perspectives from Quebec and Qatar |
title_short | Legal approaches to risk of harm in genetic counseling: perspectives from Quebec and Qatar |
title_sort | legal approaches to risk of harm in genetic counseling: perspectives from quebec and qatar |
topic | Genetics |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10416622/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37576562 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2023.1190421 |
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