PRENATAL GENETIC TESTING PERSPECTIVES: A LITERATURE REVIEW

Abstract

This thesis examines stakeholder perspectives on prenatal genetic testing. The stakeholders include genetic counselors, other medical professionals, parents, the disability community, and disability activists and scholars. The review includes literature from academic sources that identifies and summarizes findings (e.g., surveys, interviews) related to genetic testing/counseling. Primarily, this literature review searched online databases such as Google Scholar and PubMed by MEDLINE. The main focus of this review is to increase understanding of the unique views of different stakeh olders and compare and contrast these perspectives. Due to the increasing availability of less invasive forms of prenatal genetic testing, understanding different viewpoints can help direct different viewpoints, when and how testing is utilized . By identifying these future research can focus on the best approach to prenatal genetic counseling.