Eugenics and genetic screening in television medical dramas.

Autor:	Eilmus A; Division of Medical Ethics, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA.; Center for Genetic Privacy and Identity in Community Settings, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA., Clayton J; Department of English, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA jay.clayton@vanderbilt.edu.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Medical humanities [Med Humanit] 2024 Aug 14; Vol. 50 (2), pp. 408-416. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Aug 14.
DOI:	10.1136/medhum-2023-012882
Abstrakt:	Medical dramas offer unique insights into the way popular media makes sense of genetic technology and the ethics of its applications. In this paper we evaluate the contrasting depictions in television medical dramas of reproductive genetic screening and eugenics-two medical themes that some commentators see as closely related. By conducting a content analysis of 32 episodes of doctor shows featuring eugenic and/or genetic screening themes, we put the medical drama landscape in conversation with bioethics scholarship and mark a significant divergence between the two. While the academic literature has been parsing the possible relationship between genetic screening and eugenics for over 50 years, doctor shows tend to champion genetic screening as a powerful tool for promoting individual reproductive choice and criticise eugenics as a socially unjust infringement of reproductive freedom. In doing so, medical dramas mark a subtle but important moral distinction between the population-level implications of eugenics and the highly personal, emotional impact of genetic screening. Competing Interests: Competing interests: None declared. (© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2024. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.)
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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