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Adv and Disadv of Genetic Testing - Coggle Diagram
Adv and Disadv of Genetic Testing
Individuals
Disadvantages
People live based on their genetic prophesy-thinking they will die at 40 because their relatives died
Cost of the test is too high.Not everyone can reach
People are not truly prepared to learn that they do carry the gene
How does this person live while they wait for the inevitable ?
Hard to live when you waiting for the inevitable
Huntington Disease
loss of brain cells
uncontrollable physical movements
Advantages
Being able to predict severe disability or certain death without being able to prevent or treat it
Individuals at risk can plan their life
marriage, career, finances children..
Employers
Advantages
Employers might be saving employees from potential dangers.
Employees have more safe environment
Disadvantages
Quiting job because of disease
-Neurosurgeon -Pilot -Stockbroker
Employee with a gene of hypercholesterolemia can have sudden heart attack
In Huntington Disease people have some symptoms like shaking hands
Surgeons cannot do operations properly with this disease because they may lead to death of patient
Parents
Advantages
Terminating pregnancy according to serious genetic disease
Disadvantages
Ethical Problem-Some parents decide to not terminate pregnancy even there is a genetic disease
Insurance Companies
Advantages
Trying to reduce companies health care cost
Providing more safe environment for employees
Disadvantages
Employees force companies by not quiting job with their own choice
Companies force employees to quit job
Employers being stingy about the tests.