EUROSCREEN: Ethical and philosophical issues of genetic screening in Europe

EUROSCREEN is one of the Concerted Actions supported by the Biomedical and Health Research Programme of the European Union (Galton DJ. Medical Research in Europe. J R Coil Physicians Lend 1995;29:378). It is a three year project (1994-1996) to investigate the ethical and philosophical issues raised by developments in genetic screening techniques, with special reference to multifactorial diseases. The project is coordinated by Dr Ruth Chadwick from a centralised facility in the University of Central Lancashire, with specific tasks allocated to several groups.