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Journal of Genetic Counseling

Issue 1/2017

Content (20 Articles)

Professional Issues

Ancestry Testing and the Practice of Genetic Counseling

Brianne E. Kirkpatrick, Misha D. Rashkin

Open Access Original Research

Health Behaviors and their Relationship with Disease Control in People Attending Genetic Clinics with a Family History of Breast or Colorectal Cancer

Annie S. Anderson, Stephen Caswell, Maureen Macleod, Robert JC Steele, Jonathan Berg, Jacqueline Dunlop, Martine Stead, Douglas Eadie, Ronan E. O’Carroll

Original Research

Attitudes Toward Discussing Approved and Investigational Treatments for Cystic Fibrosis in Prenatal Genetic Counseling Practice

Caroline Rung Elsas, Elinor Langfelder Schwind, Laura Hercher, Michael J. Smith, Kara Gardner Young

Original Research

Notable Carrier Risks for Individuals Having Two Copies of SMN1 in Spinal Muscular Atrophy Families with 2-copy Alleles: Estimation Based on Chinese Meta-analysis Data

Xianda Wei, Hu Tan, Pu Yang, Rui Zhang, Bo Tan, Yue Zhang, Libin Mei, Desheng Liang, Lingqian Wu

Original Research

Adherence to Recommended Risk Management among Unaffected Women with a BRCA Mutation

Adam H. Buchanan, Corrine I. Voils, Joellen M. Schildkraut, Catherine Fine, Nora K. Horick, P. Kelly Marcom, Kristi Wiggins, Celette Sugg Skinner

Original Research

Risk for Patient Harm in Canadian Genetic Counseling Practice: It’s Time to Consider Regulation

Andrea L. Shugar, Nada Quercia, Christopher Trevors, Marina M. Rabideau, Sohnee Ahmed

Original Research

The Clinical Utility of Next Generation Sequencing Results in a Community-Based Hereditary Cancer Risk Program

A. E. Bunnell, C. A. Garby, E. J. Pearson, S. A. Walker, L. E. Panos, Joanne L. Blum

Original Research

The Role of Knowledge on Genetic Counseling and Testing in Black Cancer Survivors at Increased Risk of Carrying a BRCA1/2 Mutation

Alejandra Hurtado-de-Mendoza, Monica C. Jackson, Lyndsay Anderson, Vanessa B. Sheppard

Original Research

Effect of Public Deliberation on Attitudes toward Return of Secondary Results in Genomic Sequencing

Michele C. Gornick, Aaron M. Scherer, Erica J. Sutton, Kerry A. Ryan, Nicole L. Exe, Ming Li, Wendy R. Uhlmann, Scott Y.H. Kim, J. Scott Roberts, Raymond G. De Vries

Original Research

Impact of Genetic Testing and Family Health History Based Risk Counseling on Behavior Change and Cognitive Precursors for Type 2 Diabetes

R. Ryanne Wu, Rachel A. Myers, Elizabeth R. Hauser, Allison Vorderstrasse, Alex Cho, Geoffrey S. Ginsburg, Lori A. Orlando

Original Research

Men’s Knowledge About Maternal Serum Screening for Down Syndrome and their Attitude Towards Amniocentesis

Bojana Brajenović-Milić, Tamara Martinac Dorčić

Original Research

Patient Recall, Interpretation, and Perspective of an Inconclusive Long QT Syndrome Genetic Test Result

Sarah Predham, Julie Hathaway, Gurdip Hulait, Laura Arbour, Anna Lehman

Original Research

Is there a Role for Genetic Counselors in Prenatal Paternity Testing? – an Assessment Based on Audit of 13 years of Clinical Experience in South Australia

Kate E. Riley, Hayley Salvemini, Eric Haan, Lara Fitzgerald, Kirsty Stallard, Sarah Borrie, Electra Pontikinas, Anne Baxendale

Original Research

Psychosocial and Clinical Factors Associated with Family Communication of Cancer Genetic Test Results among Women Diagnosed with Breast Cancer at a Young Age

Ashley Elrick, Sato Ashida, Jennifer Ivanovich, Sarah Lyons, Barbara B. Biesecker, Melody S. Goodman, Kimberly A. Kaphingst

Open Access Original Research

Identifying Needs: a Qualitative Study of women’s Experiences Regarding Rapid Genetic Testing for Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer in the DNA BONus Study

Mirjam Tonheim Augestad, Hildegunn Høberg-Vetti, Cathrine Bjorvatn, Ragnhild Johanne Tveit Sekse

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