Prenatal and Preimplantation Diagnosis

Joann Paley Galst, PhD, New York, NY, USA Marion S. Verp, MD, Evanston, IL, USA.

Part I: Medical Perspective.- Prenatal Screening and Diagnostic Testing.- Preimplantation Genetic Screening and Diagnostic Testing.- Medical Reasons for Pregnancy Interruption: Chromosomal and Genetic Abnormalities.- Medical Reasons for Pregnancy Interruption: Structural Abnormalities.- Medical Reasons or Pregnancy Interruption: Fetal Reduction.- Fetal Pain.- Giving Bad and Ambiguous News.- Part II: The Legal Landscape.- Legal Issues in Prenatal and Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis.- Ethical Issues.- Religious Traditions.- Disability Perspectives.- Feminist Perspectives on Prenatal and Preimplantation Diagnosis.- PART IV: PSYCHOSOCIAL PERSPECTIVE.- Critical Aspects of Decision-Making and Grieving After Diagnosis of Fetal Anomaly.- Helping Patients Cope with Their Decisions.- A Burden of Choice-The Ripple Effect: Parents' Grief and the Role of Family and Friends.- Postscript: A Patient's Perspective.