Ethical Aspects of Controlling Genetic Doping

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Munthe, Christian,1962Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Filosofiska institutionen,Department of Philosophy (author)

Ethical Aspects of Controlling Genetic Doping

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ABSTRACT The IOC and WADA have announced their ambition to develop control program in order to detect athletes' illegitimate use of genetic technology for enhancing performance. Although it is far from clear what such uses should be counted as illegitimate, as well as to what extent the idea of control programs for such things is a feasible idea, I will assume that such programs will concern so-called somatic genetic modifications that aims at altering the athlete's initial bodily biochemistry in a way that may enhance performance without the presence of any medical reason for undertaking such modifications. This means that the envisioned control-program will have to make use of the method of genetic testing in order to detect the possible presence (or non-presence) of various genetic variants within the athlete. As a consequence of this, several ethical issues familiar within the field of genetic testing for health purposes are suddenly actualised within the area of doping control. These issues concern primarily how to handle and communicate the information about the athlete that is uncovered by such testing. However, due to the ways in which gene doping may be performed, in the case of athletic control programs, issues of medical safety and the question of what hardships it is reasonable to require of athletes to endure also become paramount. As a consequence, one may ask whether or not sporting ethics will have to consider applying the rule of informed consent in connection to testing programs of the kind here discussed.

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MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP Hälsovetenskap Hälso- och sjukvårdsorganisation, hälsopolitik och hälsoekonomi hsv//swe
MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES Health Sciences Health Care Service and Management, Health Policy and Services and Health Economy hsv//eng
MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP Hälsovetenskap Idrottsvetenskap hsv//swe
MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES Health Sciences Sport and Fitness Sciences hsv//eng
HUMANIORA Filosofi, etik och religion Filosofi hsv//swe
HUMANITIES Philosophy, Ethics and Religion Philosophy hsv//eng
MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP Medicinska och farmaceutiska grundvetenskaper Medicinsk genetik hsv//swe
MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES Basic Medicine Medical Genetics hsv//eng
ethics
gene doping
genetic testing

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In:Gene Technology in Elite Sports, University of Sports, Stockholm, 22-23 may 2003

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