Thirty states have exceptions to child-neglect laws that provide shelter from misdemeanor violations for parents who treat their children through prayer in accord with the beliefs of a recognized religion.

Using the patient’s worldview to challenge his or her decision and establish a treatment plan—implying the view is shared by the physician when it is not—could be seen as manipulative and deceptive.

The range of opinions on the extent to which physicians should attend to their patients’ spiritual lives and the arguments that support those opinions.

Physicians who have adequately informed a competent patient of his or her diagnosis, its meaning, and medically appropriate options should then accept the patient’s informed consent or refusal of treatment.

Physicians who are obligated under pre-existing contractual arrangements may not decline to accept patients as provided by those arrangements.

Research questions must be answered to inform policy decisions about the hereditary diseases and conditions for which newborns should be tested.

When a child is being considered for adoption, the guidelines for genetic testing should be the same as for other children.

If you build (and renovate) it, they will come.

Supporters of reproductive choice believe that women receive inadequate information about prenatal testing—often after some testing has already been done.

Physicians have knowledge and skill gaps in their ability to manage the care of families with gene-related illness.