Genetic Counselor Decision Making
Genetic Counselor Decision-Making
Two parents, Jenny and Bob Miller, are both well educated and rich. They have two children, James and Andrew, who are both stricken with muscular dystrophy. The prognosis is that their muscular systems will gradually deteriorate, resulting in an early death. Yet the advances of medicine hold out the promise of a possible cure in the foreseeable future with gene therapy. Closer to hand is the possibility that embryonic muscle cells from normal individuals might be injected into people suffering from muscular dystrophy, which could bring about partial relief for James and Andrew. There are risks, however, as with any experimental method, such as the possibility of immunological rejection of the foreign cells.
As their genetic counselor, what recommendations do you have for Jenny and Bob Miller?
Potential Items to research:
Muscular Function
Muscular Dystrophy
Scientific Research and Politics
Role of FDA
Family Health Care Decisions
Summarize your suggestions in a full page, 12-point font, double-spaced. Justify your decision.
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SUGGESTIONS!
Hello. I am your genetic councilor. How are you? Your situation is pretty hard, I know. It must be hard going through all this trouble. You must be getting panic attacks, every now and then. I know, it is hard. Well, you know this is the 21st century there is GOT to be a way out all this trouble!. You've probably heard from the doctors that there is this treatment for muscular dystrophy, but, of course, there are risks. My recommendation? I think you should take the risks...
As you may know, Muscular Dystrophy is a disorder that weakens a person's muscle. More than 50,000 people are diagnosed with that kind of disorder. They usually come from the
Two parents, Jenny and Bob Miller, are both well educated and rich. They have two children, James and Andrew, who are both stricken with muscular dystrophy. The prognosis is that their muscular systems will gradually deteriorate, resulting in an early death. Yet the advances of medicine hold out the promise of a possible cure in the foreseeable future with gene therapy. Closer to hand is the possibility that embryonic muscle cells from normal individuals might be injected into people suffering from muscular dystrophy, which could bring about partial relief for James and Andrew. There are risks, however, as with any experimental method, such as the possibility of immunological rejection of the foreign cells.
As their genetic counselor, what recommendations do you have for Jenny and Bob Miller?
Potential Items to research:
Muscular Function
Muscular Dystrophy
Scientific Research and Politics
Role of FDA
Family Health Care Decisions
Summarize your suggestions in a full page, 12-point font, double-spaced. Justify your decision.
Source: Modified from: HYPERLINK "http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/projects/cases/davis_notes.html" http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/projects/cases/davis_notes.html
SUGGESTIONS!
Hello. I am your genetic councilor. How are you? Your situation is pretty hard, I know. It must be hard going through all this trouble. You must be getting panic attacks, every now and then. I know, it is hard. Well, you know this is the 21st century there is GOT to be a way out all this trouble!. You've probably heard from the doctors that there is this treatment for muscular dystrophy, but, of course, there are risks. My recommendation? I think you should take the risks...
As you may know, Muscular Dystrophy is a disorder that weakens a person's muscle. More than 50,000 people are diagnosed with that kind of disorder. They usually come from the