The Genetic Counseling Definition Task Force of the National Society of Genetic Counselors
(NSGC) developed the following definition of genetic counseling that was approved by the …

The study of public health aims to protect and promote the wellbeing of the public as well as
reduce health inequalities. Public health ethics asks how far we should go to achieve these …

This book explores the development of hybrid corn, the history of eugenics, human genetics,
the nature-nurture debate, the origins of the Marxian concept of proletarian science, the shift …

Although it may be simple to evaluate some elements of clinical genetics, it is difficult to
evaluate genetic counselling. We review previous studies of the outcomes of genetic …

Genetic counseling as a formal clinical service was defined in 1947, though the first study of
its effectiveness was not published until 1966. This history can be broadly divided in to 3 …

Most studies of outcomes of genetic counseling have focused on client knowledge,
reproductive plans and behavior, or satisfaction. Other measures of the “value” of genetic …

The rapid advancement of genetic science, fuelled by the Human Genome Project and other
related initiatives, promises a new kind of public health practice based on the pre-detection …

Currently, some of the most significant moral issues involving genetic links relate to genetic
knowledge. In this paper, instead of looking at the frequently addressed issues of …

Mary Seacole Centre for Nursing Practice, Wolfson Institute of Health Sciences, Thames
Valley University; Centre for Research in Primary Care, Research School of Medicine …

Advances in molecular genetics have led to the increasing availability of genetic testing for a
variety of inherited disorders. While this new knowledge presents many obvious health …