Problems related to counseling in genetic thrombophilias

Problems related to counseling in genetic thrombophilias.

Venous Thrombosis is a major cause of mortality and morbidity in Western populations and in 30% of cases is associated to genetic susceptibility. Ideally, the identification of carriers of such susceptibility, known as thrombophilia, may allow for predicting the likelihood of recurrence in symptomatic patients and the risk of thrombosis in their relatives, leading to tailored plans of therapy a...

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...

Problems and Their Solutions in Genetic Counseling Education in Japan

With the expansion of novel chromosome testing, a career as a certified genetic counselor has been gathering a lot of attention. However, few people certified as a genetic counselor after completing postgraduate courses are able to find employment as a genetic counselor, and their salaries are quite low. It is also questionable whether or not such newly graduated genetic counselors, who have li...

Genetic counseling for thalassemia in Thailand: problems and solutions.

Thalassemia, a hereditary anemia, has been a major public health problem in Thailand and Southeast Asia for decades, yet the prevalence of thalassemia in Thailand is not decreasing due to lack of awareness of this disease in Thai population, which implied that genetic counseling was a failure. We determined the problems and obstacles in thalassemia counseling in Thailand and proposed the possib...

Genetic counseling to infertile patients