Ethics of genetic testing

February 9, 2011

Doctors, social workers, health personnel and medical ethics professionals gathered Friday at Loyola’s Stritch Medical School in neighboring Maywood for a conference that explored the legal, ethical and moral issues surrounding genetic testing. Katherine Wasson, a faculty member at Loyola’s Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics and Health Policy spoke about ethical and medical dilemmas presented by direct consumer access to genetic information. (Forest Park Review)