Genetic Counselling and Prenatal Diagnosis
摘要
Genetic counselling can be defined as the process of helping people understand and adapt to the medical, psychological, and familial implications of the genetic contributions to disease (NSGC 2005). Genetic counselling in a clinical setting is a communication process conducted by a trained person to inform the family at risk about the probability of occurrence or recurrence of a genetic disease and other aspects of the disease, such as: