Criteria for selecting a surrogate mother.

Objective: Provide background to the debate on the criteria for selecting a surrogate mother, if the procedure should be regulated in the Czech Republic.

Design: Qualitative content analysis of documents.

Setting: Faculty of Health and Social Studies, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice; AK Prudil et al.

Legislation of direct-to-consumer genetic testing in Europe: a fragmented regulatory landscape.

Despite the increasing availability of direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing, it is currently unclear how such services are regulated in Europe, due to the lack of EU or national legislation specifically addressing this issue. In this article, we provide an overview of laws that could potentially impact the regulation of DTC genetic testing in 26 European countries, namely Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Emphasis is placed on provisions relating to medical supervision, genetic counselling and informed consent.

Implementation of the Directive 2011/24/EU in the Czech Republic.

The article describes implementation of the Directive 2011/24/EU in the Czech Republic, its consequences with individual patient's rights and financing of healthcare for citizens of the European Union.