TY - CHAP
T1 - The Absurd in the Field of Genetic Diagnosis
AU - Porz, Rouven
AU - Scully, Jackie Leach
AU - Rehmann-Sutter, Christoph
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2008 Brill. All rights reserved.
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Both pre-natal diagnosis and an increasing number of post-natal genetic tests represent a new and rapidly growing field of molecular biomedicine. This field gives rise to new forms of molecular body knowledge and new forms of decision-making situations for the ones affected. Camus’s concepts of absurdity offer a promising approach to medical ethics, especially in these areas. His writings on absurdity seem to resonate with patients’ stories when they talk about their body and illness experiences. That offers new strategies for addressing some important theoretical topics in medical ethics, such as patients’ autonomy, informed consent, doctor-patient communication and body experiences.
AB - Both pre-natal diagnosis and an increasing number of post-natal genetic tests represent a new and rapidly growing field of molecular biomedicine. This field gives rise to new forms of molecular body knowledge and new forms of decision-making situations for the ones affected. Camus’s concepts of absurdity offer a promising approach to medical ethics, especially in these areas. His writings on absurdity seem to resonate with patients’ stories when they talk about their body and illness experiences. That offers new strategies for addressing some important theoretical topics in medical ethics, such as patients’ autonomy, informed consent, doctor-patient communication and body experiences.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85182624344&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1163/9789401205535_013
DO - 10.1163/9789401205535_013
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85182624344
T3 - Faux Titre
SP - 157
EP - 168
BT - Faux Titre
PB - Brill Academic Publishers
ER -