Patient-focused pathogen genetic counselling—has the time come?

Angeline S. Ferdinand; Jane S. Hocking; Justin T. Denholm; Benjamin P. Howden; Deborah A. Williamson

doi:10.1186/s13073-021-00993-w

Patient-focused pathogen genetic counselling—has the time come?

Angeline S. Ferdinand^*, Jane S. Hocking, Justin T. Denholm, Benjamin P. Howden, Deborah A. Williamson^*

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Abstract

Ensuring accordance with principles of healthcare ethics requires improved communication of pathogen genomic data. This could include educating healthcare professionals in communicating pathogen genomic information to individuals, developing ethical frameworks for reporting pathogen genomic results to individuals, responsible media reporting guidelines, and counselling for individuals (‘pathogen genetic counselling’).

Original language	English
Article number	178
Journal	Genome Medicine
Volume	13
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/s13073-021-00993-w
Publication status	Published - Dec 2021
Externally published	Yes

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