PIRC members Megan Allyse, Katie Stoll, and Marsha Michie co-authored a new article in Genetics in Medicine on conflicts of interest in genetic counselors who work for commercial laboratories that sell prenatal genetic tests.
“As an employee of the company, a genetic counselor has two interests: following practice guidelines and benefitting their employer. These two interests are not always in conflict, but the potential exists. And while commercial laboratories may highlight genetic counseling by a laboratory-provided genetic counselor as a value-added service benefitting patients, it may not always be obvious to patients that they are receiving genetic counseling from an employee of a genetic testing company.”
The article can be accessed here.
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