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Ethics Councils of Denmark and U.S. release reports on genetic testing

The 2 of November the Danish Council of Ethics released a new report on genetic analyses, supplemented with the Council's recommendations. One of the recommendations is that people seeking genetic tests should be offered a ‘genetic counselor’ who can advise them about the ethical dilemmas they might face after taking a test. A few weeks earlier, the Ethics Council of U.S. released a report on whole genome sequencing and privacy.

Autonomy and integrity discussed at the Council’s Ethics Day

The 8 of November the Swedish National Council on Medical Ethics arranged a seminar on the theme autonomy, patient empowerment and integrity. During the seminar various topics were discussed including possibilities and risks of new technologies, patients’ different access to health care information and choices, paternalism and patient centered care.

National Ethics Councils met students in Nicosia

The Cyprus National Bioethics Committee hosted this year's “NEC Forum” that took place in Nicosia from 4 to 5 October. This year students from schools in Cyprus and Greece had been invited to participate in group discussions on the subject “Ethics and Education“. Another main subject of the meeting was “Responsible Research and Innovation”. The Swedish National Council on Medical Ethics was represented by members of the secretariat.

Autonomy – to what extent?

The Swedish council on medical ethics is giving a conferens on the subject autonomy, patients´rights and advocacy. Read more.

The 9th WHO global summit of National Ethics Committees

Tunisia hosted the WHO meeting Global Summit of National Ethics Committees (NECs) on September 26-28 2012. This was the first time an Arab and Muslim country was responsible for the summit and the first time it took place in Africa. The summit gathered participants from NECs from a large number of countries. Please find the presentations made by the Swedish delegation.