Medical professionals and the public are rapidly becoming aware of the overwhelming
influence that an individual's genetic constitution has on fetal health and mortality …

A book about genetic counseling by the man who coined the term in 1947 is difficult to
criticize. Founders have the right to define their disciplines, much as a chef can stick by a rec …

Genetic counseling has an increasingly prominent place in society as the pathophysiology
of inherited disease is elucidated and the technology to diagnose and treat that disease …

It was not so long ago that the specialty of medical genetics had genetic counseling defined
for it by a committee of the American Society of Human Genetics. That definition was …

As members of a health care team, genetic counselors provide information and support to
families affected by or at risk of a genetic disorder. They serve as a central resource of …

The aim of DEALING WITH DILEMMA is to inte grate medical and genetic information with
the psychoso cial aspects of genetic counseling, in order to provide a working manual for …

The practice of genetic counseling has evolved in the last quarter century into a
communication process between an appropriately trained health professional and a …

Proffered not as a text on genetic disorders nor as a practical primer of counseling
techniques, this book seeks instead to provide theoretical and practical frameworks for …

Ask the students. The class of 2000 had A Guide to Genetic Counseling on their required list
before it hit the bookstore. It lends itself to the first-year master's curriculum for imparting the …

In 1975 the American Society of Human Genetics defined genetic counseling as a
communication process that deals with problems associated with the occurrence, or the risk …