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An exemplary model of genetic counselling for highly specialised services.
With genomic testing being increasingly integrated into every day clinical practice and a wide range of practitioners ordering genetic tests, it is important that the scope of the genetic counselling role continues to evolve alongside these changes. We present an exemplary role for genetic counsellors in a highly specialised service within England's National Health Service for people who have or are suspected to have rare genetic types of Ehlers Danlos syndrome. The service employs genetic counsellors and consultants from the fields of genetics and dermatology. The service also works closely with other specialists and related charities and patient organisations. The genetic counsellors in the service provide routine genetic counselling such as diagnostic and predictive testing, but their role also includes the writing of patient literature and emergency and well-being resources, delivering workshops and talks, and the development of qualitative and quantitative research on the patient experience. Data from such research has informed the development of patient self-advocacy and supportive resources, raised awareness amongst healthcare professionals and enhanced the standard of care and outcomes for patients. The service aims to be an example of innovation and accessibility and provides a model that can be potentially adopted by other highly specialised services of rare genetic diseases.
期刊介绍:
The Journal of Community Genetics is an international forum for research in the ever-expanding field of community genetics, the art and science of applying medical genetics to human communities for the benefit of their individuals.
Community genetics comprises all activities which identify persons at increased genetic risk and has an interest in assessing this risk, in order to enable those at risk to make informed decisions. Community genetics services thus encompass such activities as genetic screening, registration of genetic conditions in the population, routine preconceptional and prenatal genetic consultations, public education on genetic issues, and public debate on related ethical issues.
The Journal of Community Genetics has a multidisciplinary scope. It covers medical genetics, epidemiology, genetics in primary care, public health aspects of genetics, and ethical, legal, social and economic issues. Its intention is to serve as a forum for community genetics worldwide, with a focus on low- and middle-income countries.
The journal features original research papers, reviews, short communications, program reports, news, and correspondence. Program reports describe illustrative projects in the field of community genetics, e.g., design and progress of an educational program or the protocol and achievement of a gene bank. Case reports describing individual patients are not accepted.