Abstract
The diagnosis of a genetic disorder in a child impacts all family members with respect to potential risks for those biologically related and the psychosocial impact associated with the disorder. The advent of new genetic technologies including microarray and whole genome sequencing poses additional challenges for genetic counselling; some relevant challenges include the volume of data obtained from these testing modalities, the interpretative uncertainty of some test results, and the possibility of incidental findings unrelated to the reason for testing. Given this, how will personalized medicine be implemented in the paediatric setting? In this chapter, we will discuss genetic counselling in the context of patient-centred and family-centred care and whether patient-centred care is just a point on the family-centred care spectrum.
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Shuman, C., Babul-Hirji, R. (2014). Clinical Genetics Practice: Integrating Paediatric Patient and Family-Centred Care. In: Zlotnik Shaul, R. (eds) Paediatric Patient and Family-Centred Care: Ethical and Legal Issues. International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine, vol 57. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-0323-8_13
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