新生儿疾病筛查相关伦理学问题

Ethical Problems with Newborn Screening

新生儿疾病筛查在世界范围内推广,成为了公共卫生保健的基本内容之一。随着先进技术在新生儿疾病筛查工作中的广泛应用,引发了许多伦理学问题。应该更加关注新生儿疾病筛查工作中的伦理学问题,在有利、行善、公正、自主的伦理学原则上,为在新生儿疾病筛查所带来的利益和损失之间寻找最佳的平衡状态。

Newborn screening has been one of the most successful public health programs and promoted all over the world. The availability of novel technologies in newborn screening programs has increased the number and complexity of ethical problems related to newborn screening programs. More attention should be paid to related ethical issues. The most important ethical principles including non malevocence, beneficence, autonomy, and justice will provide us with an optimal equilibrium between the potential benefits and the possible damages derived from newborn screening programs.