The Practical Guide to the Genetic Family History
The Matter-of-fact Guide to the Genetic Family History Books
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Helps you develop and assess pedigrees to make diagnoses, evaluate risk, and counsel patients
The Second Edition of The Matter-of-fact Guide to the Genetic Family History not only shows how to take a medical-family history and record a history, but also clarifies why each bit of in rank gathered is vital. It provides essential support in diagnosing conditions with a genetic component. Moreover, it aids in recommending genetic testing, referring patients for genetic counseling, determining patterns of inheritance, calculating risk of disease, making decisions for medical management and scrutiny, and informing and educating patients. Based on the author’s twenty-five years as a genetic counselor, the book also helps readers deal with the psychological, social, cultural, and ethical problems that arise in gathering a medical-family history and sharing findings with patients.
Featuring a new Foreword by Arno Motulsky, widely recognized as the initiator of medical genetics, and absolutely updated to reflect the most recent findings in genetic medicine, this Second Edition presents the latest in rank and methods for preparing and assessing a history, including:
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Value and utility of a thorough medical-family history
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Directed questions to question when developing a medical-family history for specific disease conditions
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Use of pedigrees to identify individuals with an increased susceptibility to cancer
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Verification of family medical in rank
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Unique considerations when adoptions or gamete donors are caught up
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Ethical issues that may arise in recording a history
Throughout the book, clinical examples based on hypothetical families illustrate key concepts, helping readers know how real issues bestow themselves and how they can be resolved.
This book will enable all healthcare providers, including physicians, nurses, medical social workers, and physician assistants, as well as genetic counselors, to take full advantage of the history as a primary tool for making a genetic risk assessment and providing counseling for patients and their families.
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this book is out of date and does not reference autoimmune diseases in relation to rheumatologic disorders such as lupus and leaves out any family genetics in hispanic disorders.
Rating: 2 / 5
This book is an brilliant and thorough reference on the topic of the genetic family history. It is well-organized with a comprehensive index and references. It was not proposed to be, and is not, a primer on all genetics disorders (see review above). I would urge this book to all health care professionals wishing to increase their knowledge of genetics and the importance of the family history as a medical tool.
Rating: 5 / 5
I am a clinical medical geneticist. I find that this book delivers far more than the title promises. I found it an brilliant resource and urge it for trainees and those in non-genetics practices often. I look forward to a new edition soon.
Rating: 5 / 5