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Ethical Challenges When Screening for and Diagnosing FASD in Adults

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Knowledge of the long-term effects of FASD has increased in recent years, and special attention has been focused on adolescents and young adults with neurobehavioural and psychosocial problems or problems with the law without a prior FASD diagnosis. However, there has been little discussion about the ethical issues concerning the implementation of a screening programme for diagnosing FASD in adolescents and young adults.

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  1. The Social Insurance Institution, Research Department and Adjunct Professor, Department of Pediatric Neurology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

    Ilona Autti-Rämö

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    Monty Nelson

  2. Office of the Ethics Commissioner, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

    Marguerite Trussler

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Autti-Rämö, I. (2016). Ethical Challenges When Screening for and Diagnosing FASD in Adults. In: Nelson, M., Trussler, M. (eds) Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders in Adults: Ethical and Legal Perspectives. International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine, vol 63. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20866-4_6

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