A question of genes : inherited risks

"When a woman tests positive for a high possibility of breast cancer, should she consider a preemptive mastectomy? Should it be permissible for companies to use genetic testing to determine insurability? When a single genetic marker implicates more than one disease, should the doctor tell the patient all the possible consequences? This program explores these and other perplexing questions raised by genetic testing. As the Human Genome Project progresses, the uses of genetic research will continue to be hotly debated as the repercussions test society's values and beliefs."
"When a woman tests positive for a high possibility of breast cancer, should she consider a preemptive mastectomy? Should it be permissible for companies to use genetic testing to determine insurability? When a single genetic marker implicates more than one disease, should the doctor tell the patient all the possible consequences? This program explores these and other perplexing questions raised by genetic testing. Its use-and applications of other genetic research now available or just over the horizon-will continue to be hotly debated while the repercussions test society's values and beliefs."@en
"Explores the ethical, moral and medical implications of the powerful new technology of genetic testing as it follows the personal journey of several individuals and families who discover potential inherited genetic weaknesses."@en