The practical guide to the genetic family history
By: Robin Bennett.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Hoboken, N.J
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780470040720
Subjects: Genetic counseling; Medical history taking; Genealogy; Medical History Taking; Pedigree; Genetic Counseling -- methods
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The language of the pedigree; title: Practical inheritance; title: Getting to the roots : recording the family tree; title: Directed medical-genetic family history queries : separating the trees from the forest; title: Using a pedigree to recognize individuals with an increased susceptibility to cancer; title: Medical verification of family history, and resources for patients to record their genetic family histories; title: The challenge of family history and adoption; title: The pedigree and assisted reproductive technologies; title: Gamete donation allows couples at high risk for genetic disorders to have healthy offspring; title: Genetic counseling : where to turn, what to expect, and the pedigree as a psychosocial assessment and counseling tool; title: Pedigree predicaments.