AllMovie

As advances in the field of genetic testing continue, doctors find that they have more in-depth information about their patients. In A Question of Genes: Inherited Risks, viewers can see that this genetic knowledge raises new issues for both doctor and patient, posing dilemmas for both. When a doctor knows that a patient may be prone to a number of illnesses, based on genetic data, he must decide whether to burden the patient with this information or not. A woman with breast cancer in her family history may wonder if she should have a double mastectomy in order to avoid the disease.