- 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: BENITO, J. C. y N. F. J. ESPINO (2012). Genética: Conceptos esenciales. Madrid: Médica Panamericana.
- Definition: BENITO, J. C. y N. F. J. ESPINO (2012). Genética: Conceptos esenciales. Madrid: Médica Panamericana, p. 573.
- Context: CRESPO HERNÁNDEZ, M. y J. BRINES SOLANES (1997). Manual del residente de pediatría y sus áreas específicas: guía formativa. Vol. 1. Madrid: Norma, Asociación Española de Pediatría. 115
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