Genetic counseling is a communication process to evaluate and understand a family’s risk of an inherited medical condition.
A genetic counselor is a health professional with a masters level training in medical genetics and psychosocial counseling. Specifically, genetic counselors may specialize in clinical and research genetic counseling in preconception, prenatal, pediatric metabolic or dysmorphology, cancer, neurogenetic, cardiovascular, connective tissue disorders, or primarily works in a laboratory setting.
Several Programs are available in select countries.
Several support groups are available in these countries.