From genetic counseling to “genomic counseling”

From genetic counseling to “genomic counseling”

Genetic counseling is “the process of helping people understand and adapt to the medical, psychological, and familial implications of genetic contributions to disease.” Traditionally, this process includes collecting and interpreting the family and medical history, risk assessment, a comprehensive educational process for potential genetic testing, informed consent, and psychosocial assessment a...

Genetic counseling.

OBJECTIVE The objective of this review of genetic counseling (GC) is to describe the current concepts and philosophical and ethical principles accepted by the great majority of countries and recommended by the World Health Organization, the stages of the process, its results and the psychological impact that a genetic disease has on a family. SOURCES The concepts presented are based on an his...

Genetic counseling to infertile patients

Incidental Findings with Genomic Testing: Implications for Genetic Counseling Practice

This paper summarizes the current controversies surrounding the identification and disclosure of "incidental" or "secondary" findings from genomic sequencing and the implications for genetic counseling practice. The rapid expansion of clinical sequencing has influenced the ascertainment and return of incidental findings, while empiric data to inform best practices are still being generated. Usi...

Genetic Counseling for Obstetricians

Clinical genetics is one of the most rapidly advancing fields in medicine. Spectacular progress has been achieved in this century with unraveling of the entire draft sequence of the human genome and identification of greater than 14,000 single gene disorders. A major contribution of these advances has been in diagnosis, management and prenatal diagnosis of genetic disorders, as the treatment in...