- Institution/s: Universidad de Saarbrücken, Universidad de Valladolid
- Project: Diccionario Terminológico de Genética (Eurogene)
- Identification number: 47
- Subdomains: Studies of chromatin, Studies of DNA, Studies of RNA, Techniques
- Author/s: Cristina ADRADA RAFAEL, Elena Irene ZAMORA RAMÍREZ, Judith CARRERA FERNÁNDEZ, Rosario HERRERO
- Creation / modification date: 02-03-2014
- Term: genetic counselling
- Gramatical category: s
- Definition: Process of helping people understand and adapt to the medical, psychological and familial implications of genetical contributions to desease.
- Context: Genetic counselling has evolved in the context of three different areas: advances in medical knowledge, changes in society and the basic human desire to have knowledge, to understand and to learn.
- Weighting mark: nor
- Sources:
- Term: EMERY, A.E.H. y MUELLER, R.F. (1992) Elements of Medical Genetics, Churchill Livingstone: New York. 8th Edition.
- Definition: UHLMANN, W. R., SCHUETTE, J. L. y B. Yashar (Eds.) (2009). A Guide to Genetic Counseling. Wiley-Blackwell.
- Context: EVANS, C. (2006) Genetic counselling. A psychological approach. Cambridge University Press.
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