Practical Problems and Approaches in Genetic Counseling (eBook, PDF)

Challenges in the Era of Genomic Medicine
Redaktion: Ahimaz, Priyanka

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This innovative text aims to help the genetic counselor in training and in practice prepare for the challenges arising in everyday patient scenarios, spanning genomic medicine, communication challenges, ethical issues, and emerging topics in a fast-moving field.

• Advises the practitioner on how to pre-empt and tackle problem topics in genetic counseling practice
• Tackles new and emerging challenges arising in everyday clinical scenarios
• Presents precise and targeted advice in an approachable style

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 122
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. August 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040390269
• Artikelnr.: 75006360

Autorenporträt

Priyanka R Ahimaz, MS, CGC, is an Assistant Professor of Genetic Counseling in Pediatrics, Columbia University, New York, USA. She has over 15 years of clinical experience in cardiovascular and pediatric genetics and is currently the Student Research Director of the Columbia University Genetic Counseling Program. She has held leadership roles in various national professional organizations including the National Society of Genetic Counselors (NSGC) and the American Board of Genetic Counseling (ABGC).

Inhaltsangabe

1.Variants of uncertain significance-Variant curation and interpretation
2.The role of race, ethnicity, and ancestry in genomic testing 3.Research
genetic testing 4.Challenging the norm of non-directive counselling 5. Loss
and Grief in the Era of Genomic Medicine 6.Countertransference 7.Challenges
to Student Training in the Genomic Era 8.Communication and documentation in
electronic health records 9.Obtaining consent with interpreters 10.Genetic
Testing for minors 11.Obtaining consent in acute settings 12.Ethical Issues
with Obtaining Consent for Predictive Genetic Testing 13.Emerging
Specialties in Genetic Counseling: a path towards the future of genetic
counselling 14.Expanded Carrier Screening and Newborn Screening
15.Navigating New Frontiers: What Genetic Counselors Need to Know about
Genetic Therapies and Clinical Trials 16 .Artificial Intelligence and the
Future of Genomic Medicine