Genetic risk information

Julia Inthorn

Journal of Risk Research, 2018, vol. 21, issue 2, 109-116

Abstract: Risk information and communication of health risks play a large role in medicine. With the growing importance of genetics and genomics in medicine, the importance of risk communication will even increase in the future. This paper starts with a discussion on the concept of medical risk information and then focusses on genetic risk information. Three examples of genetic risk information are discussed (carrier testing, susceptibility testing and pharmacogenomics testing) in order to exemplify the broad variety of types of risk information and their specific challenges for medical counselling.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1080/13669877.2017.1382563

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