Counseling in Medical Genetics

DAVID W. SMITH

doi:10.1542/peds.32.5.854

Counseling in Medical Genetics

PEDIATRICS ◽

10.1542/peds.32.5.854 ◽

1963 ◽

Vol 32 (5) ◽

pp. 854-854

Author(s):

DAVID W. SMITH

Keyword(s):

Genetic Counseling ◽

Medical Genetics ◽

Simple Points

Dr. Reed has presented genetic counseling in a manner which should be easily understood. He assumes the reader knows little genetics and he utilizes only the most common and essential genetic terminology. The material is presented in an open, often lighthearted fashion, and the necessary facts are interlaced with philosophical and personal commentary. The simple points are stressed along with the pitfalls, resulting in a very practical text for the clinician of today.

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Genetische Familienberatung: Ein Leitfaden Fur Den Arzt, by Walter Fuhrmann and Friedrich Vogel. Berlin/Heidelberg/ New York: Springer-Verlag, 1968, 98 pp., $2.20

PEDIATRICS ◽

10.1542/peds.44.3.467 ◽

1969 ◽

Vol 44 (3) ◽

pp. 467-467

Author(s):

Hans Zellweger

Keyword(s):

New York ◽

Genetic Counseling ◽

Human Genetics ◽

Medical Genetics ◽

The Common

This small paperback appeared as Volume 42 in the series, Heidelberg Pocket Books (a translation of L. S. Penrose's Introduction to Human Genetics is Volume 4 of the same series). The authors, both directors of a German institute for human genetics, wrote this syllabus to familiarize the genetically uninformed physician with the common and practical aspects of medical genetics and genetic counseling. They advise the reader to consult a professional geneticist for more complicated genetic problems.

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ADDENDUM: Genetic counseling and testing for Alzheimer disease: joint practice guidelines of the American College of Medical Genetics and the National Society of Genetic Counselors

Genetics in Medicine ◽

10.1038/s41436-019-0559-1 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 21 (10) ◽

pp. 2404-2404

Author(s):

Jill S. Goldman ◽

Susan E. Hahn ◽

Jennifer Williamson Catania ◽

Susan LaRusse-Eckert ◽

Melissa Barber Butson ◽

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Keyword(s):

Genetic Counseling ◽

Alzheimer Disease ◽

Practice Guidelines ◽

Medical Genetics ◽

Genetic Counselors ◽

National Society ◽

Counseling And Testing

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Genetic counseling for schizophrenia: A review of referrals to a provincial medical genetics program from 1968 to 2007

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A ◽

10.1002/ajmg.a.33193 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 152A (1) ◽

pp. 147-152 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

M.J. Hunter ◽

Catriona Hippman ◽

William G. Honer ◽

Jehannine C. Austin

Keyword(s):

Genetic Counseling ◽

Medical Genetics

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The Emergence of Genetic Counseling in Sweden: Examples from Eugenics and Medical Genetics

Science in Context ◽

10.1017/s0269889715000216 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 28 (3) ◽

pp. 489-513 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Maria Björkman

Keyword(s):

Genetic Counseling ◽

Medical Genetics ◽

The Public ◽

Rudimentary Form

ArgumentThis paper examines the intertwined relations between eugenics and medical genetics from a Swedish perspective in the 1940s and 1950s. The Swedish case shows that a rudimentary form of genetic counseling emerged within eugenic practices in the applications of the Swedish Sterilization Act of 1941, here analyzed from the phenomenon of “heredophobia” (ärftlighetsskräck). At the same time genetic counseling also existed outside eugenic practices, within the discipline of medical genetics. The paper argues that a demand for genetic counseling increased in the 1940s and 1950s in response to a sense of reproductive responsibility engendered by earlier eugenic discourse. The paper also questions the claim made by theoreticians of biopolitics that biological citizens have emerged only during the last decades, especially in neoliberal societies. From the Swedish case it is possible to argue that this had already happened earlier in relation to the proliferation of various aspects of eugenics to the public.

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A Case of Premature Ovarian Failure in a 33-Year-Old Woman

Case Reports in Genetics ◽

10.1155/2013/573841 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 2013 ◽

pp. 1-5 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Emma Colao ◽

Teresa Granata ◽

Marco F. M. Vismara ◽

Francesco Bombardiere ◽

Donatella Nocera ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Genetic Counseling ◽

Case Report ◽

Turner Syndrome ◽

Premature Ovarian Failure ◽

Molecular Profiling ◽

Ovarian Failure ◽

Definitive Diagnosis ◽

Medical Genetics ◽

University Hospital ◽

Diagnostic Unit

Objective. To assess aetiology of a POF in a 33-year-old woman and, if possible, plan a cure.Design. Case report.Setting. medical genetics diagnostic unit in a university hospital.Patient. A 33-year-old woman with premature ovarian failure (POF).Intervention(s). Genetic counseling, karyotyping, FISH study.Result(s). Turner-like diagnosis.Conclusion(s). Most cases of POF remain idiopathic. Turner syndrome can occur in very different phenotypes; cytogenetic and molecular profiling can provide a definitive diagnosis in cases with nonclassical phenotype.

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Genetics and Counseling in Medical Practice, by Leonard E. Reisman, M.D. and Adam P. Matheny, Jr., Ph.D. St. Louis: The C. V. Mosby Company, 1969, 215 pp., $12.75

PEDIATRICS ◽

10.1542/peds.46.3.490a ◽

1970 ◽

Vol 46 (3) ◽

pp. 490-491

Author(s):

Ian H. Porter

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Health Policy ◽

Genetic Counseling ◽

Medical Practice ◽

Public Health Policy ◽

Medical Genetics

We have sorely missed good books on genetic counseling to supplant Sheldon C. Reed's Counseling in Medical Genetics (1963). Now they are appearing one after another: Genetic Counseling, by Walter Fuhrmann and Freidrich Vogel (1969), the long awaited book, Genetic Prognosis and Counseling edited by Arno G. Motulsky, and the book under review. The quickening interest in medical genetics has led to an increase in the need for accurate genetic counseling by the clinician, the patient, and in the formation of public health policy.

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