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A Professional Code of Ethics Provides Guidance for Genetic Nursing Practice

Colleen Scanlon

Catholic Health Initiatives, 1999 Broadway, Suite 2600, Denver, CO 80202, USA

While ethical quandaries and dilemmas are commonplace for nurses, recent advances in human genetics have and will continue to create new challenges and controversies. Throughout time, nursing has been an ethical endeavour, with nurses viewing the ethical mandates of their responsibilities on a par with other core dimensions of their professional life. The (American) profession’s code of ethics, Code for nurses with interpretive statements, provides direction for practice and for the fulfilment of ethical obligations. The explication of these ethical norms and values that shape professional practice is necessary as nurses confront the integration of genetic services into health care. The goal of preserving professional integrity and ethical soundness in the context of genetic health care mandates that nurses rely on and act upon the profession’s national and international codes of ethics.

Key Words: code of ethics • ethical obligations • genetic information • genetics • nursing practice • truthtelling and disclosure

Nursing Ethics, Vol. 7, No. 3, 262-268 (2000)
DOI: 10.1177/096973300000700308
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