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Table 1 An overview of content categories discussed during the interviews

From: Pre- and post-testing counseling considerations for the provision of expanded carrier screening: exploration of European geneticists’ views

Category 1. Pre-test considerations

 

Subcategory 1.1 Strategies for providing population-wide ECS

 • Timing of screening

 • Issues with screening of individuals

 

Subcategory 1.2 Ensuring informed decision-making

 • Providing neutral information about ECS

 • Nondirective offers of testing

 • Informed decisions about disorders to be screened

 

Category 2. Post-test considerations

 

Subcategory 2.1 Communication of individual carrier status

 

Subcategory 2.2 Counseling of carrier couples

 
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BMC Medical Ethics

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