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Transgender patients’ perspectives on their cancer genetic counseling experiences
Transgender patients’ perspectives on their cancer genetic counseling experiences
Abstract Transgender (trans) individuals face many forms of discrimination in accessing health care, including lack of pro...
Courtesy stigma of parents of children with Down syndrome: Adaptation process and transcendent stage
Courtesy stigma of parents of children with Down syndrome: Adaptation process and transcendent stage
Abstract Courtesy stigma, which arises from close connections to people with stigmatized characteristics, negatively affec...
Value of a genetics clinic evaluation in identifying women at risk for hereditary breast‐ovarian cancer syndrome
Value of a genetics clinic evaluation in identifying women at risk for hereditary breast‐ovarian cancer syndrome
Abstract Our work evaluates the contributions of a genetics clinic visit in assessing patients’ risk of hereditary ...
Parenting a child with Down syndrome: A qualitative study of everyday practices in Danish families
Parenting a child with Down syndrome: A qualitative study of everyday practices in Danish families
Abstract Genetic counseling about Down syndrome is suggested to include information on a future family life. However, ther...
Assessing genetic counselors’ graduate school education and training in congenital heart defects
Assessing genetic counselors’ graduate school education and training in congenital heart defects
Abstract Genetic counselors are one of the many providers involved in caring for patients with congenital heart defects (C...
Genetic counselor use of self‐involving responses in a clinical setting: A qualitative investigation
Genetic counselor use of self‐involving responses in a clinical setting: A qualitative investigation
Abstract Self-involving responses are direct expressions of genetic counselors’ here-and-now feelings about/reactio...
The role of emotional sensitivity to probability in the decision to choose genetic testing
The role of emotional sensitivity to probability in the decision to choose genetic testing
Abstract While the availability of genetic testing is rapidly increasing, many opt out of testing. The decision to test or...
Genetic discrimination views in online discussion forums: Perspectives from Canadian forumites
Genetic discrimination views in online discussion forums: Perspectives from Canadian forumites
Abstract Recent advancements in genetic technologies have made genetic information increasingly sought out in a wide range...
Awareness of genetic counseling services among allied healthcare professionals in South Africa
Awareness of genetic counseling services among allied healthcare professionals in South Africa
Abstract Genetic counseling has been shown to increase patient empowerment leading to positive outcomes. However, in the J...
Understanding patients' views and willingness toward the use of telehealth in a cancer genetics service in Asia
Understanding patients' views and willingness toward the use of telehealth in a cancer genetics service in Asia
Abstract Telehealth is a growing field, its pertinence magnified by COVID-19 causing the accelerated digitalization of the...
Understanding and perception of direct‐to‐consumer genetic testing in Hong Kong
Understanding and perception of direct‐to‐consumer genetic testing in Hong Kong
Abstract Direct-to-consumer genetic testing (DTCGT) is gaining popularity in Hong Kong (HK). As DTCGT forgoes specialist m...
Opinions of adults affected with later‐onset lysosomal storage diseases regarding newborn screening: A qualitative study
Opinions of adults affected with later‐onset lysosomal storage diseases regarding newborn screening: A qualitative study
Abstract Lysosomal storage diseases (LSDs) are a heterogeneous group of conditions causing substrate accumulation leading ...
Public perceived knowledge of, attitude toward, and use of genetic testing in urban China
Public perceived knowledge of, attitude toward, and use of genetic testing in urban China
Abstract Because most research about laypeople and genetic testing (GT) has been conducted in other nations than China, we...
Family planning in carriers of BRCA1 and BRCA2 pathogenic variants
Family planning in carriers of BRCA1 and BRCA2 pathogenic variants
Abstract BRCA1 and BRCA2 pathogenic variant carriers have a high lifetime risk of developing breast and ovarian malignanci...
The role of psychosocial factors in Black women's self‐efficacy in receiving genetic counseling and testing
The role of psychosocial factors in Black women's self‐efficacy in receiving genetic counseling and testing
Abstract Higher self-efficacy in receiving genetic counseling and testing (GCT) has been associated with greater participa...
A systematic review of psycho‐social interventions for individuals with a BRCA1/2 pathogenic variant
A systematic review of psycho‐social interventions for individuals with a BRCA1/2 pathogenic variant
Abstract Women with a pathogenic variant in BRCA1/2 genes have up to an 87% lifetime risk of breast cancer and up to a 68%...
Prenatal genetic counselors' perceptions of the impact of abortion legislation on counseling and access in the United States
Prenatal genetic counselors' perceptions of the impact of abortion legislation on counseling and access in the United States
Abstract Genetic counselors have an important role in offering and appropriate coordinating abortion services for patients...
Genetic counseling students' and recent graduates' attitudes toward psychiatric illness
Genetic counseling students' and recent graduates' attitudes toward psychiatric illness
Abstract Due to the high prevalence of mental illness in the general population, genetic counselors are likely to encounte...
Building a foundation in self‐awareness: Genetic counseling students’ experiences with self‐care, reflection, and mindfulness
Building a foundation in self‐awareness: Genetic counseling students’ experiences with self‐care, reflection, and mindfulness
Abstract Stress and anxiety are significant concerns for practicing genetic counselors as well as genetic counseling stude...
Misattributed parentage identified through diagnostic exome sequencing: Frequency of detection and reporting practices
Misattributed parentage identified through diagnostic exome sequencing: Frequency of detection and reporting practices
Abstract Access to genetic testing, namely, diagnostic exome sequencing (DES), has significantly improved, subsequently in...
Influence of genetic counselor medical history on specialty and psychosocial practice in North America
Influence of genetic counselor medical history on specialty and psychosocial practice in North America
Abstract A personal or family medical history is inherently part of a genetic counselor's life story. Yet, the degree to w...