Year: 2015
Language: English
Author(s): Michelle Alabek, Richa Mohan, Marianna H. Raia
Also Available In: Spanish
Download NowGenetic counselling constitutes an integral part of the comprehensive hemophilia care team providing people with hemophilia, and their families, clinical and scientific information, supporting individuals through the decision-making process regarding prenatal and carrier testing, and offering individualized psychosocial assessment and counselling before and after genetic testing. This resource introduces genetic counsellors, the genetic counselling process, and a framework for practice. Factors that influence genetic counselling and challenges that arise in a resource-poor setting are discussed.