Discussion:
Use the Surgeon General's Family History Tool at (https://www.hhs.gov/familyhistory/portrait/index.html) to complete this assignment.
Directions:
Write a 1,000-1,250-word paper addressing a client case that might benefit from the process of genetic counseling.
Describe the reason for the genetic counseling based on the findings from your completion of the history tool.
Discuss the possible reactions the patient may have to your counseling and how to avoid negative reactions.
Imagine this assignment as if you are giving this counseling to a patient. Discuss the following:
1. Health.
2. Prevention
3. Screening
4. Diagnostics
5. Prognostics
6. Selection of treatment
7. Monitoring of treatment effectiveness