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Genetic counseling, 2030: An on‐demand service tailored to the needs of a price conscious, genetically literate, and busy world
Author(s) -
Rashkin Misha D.,
Bowes Johnathan,
Dunaway Keith,
Dhaliwal Jasmine,
Loomis Erick,
Riffle Stephen,
Washington Nicole L.,
Ziegler Chris,
Lu James,
Levin Elissa
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of genetic counseling
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.867
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1573-3599
pISSN - 1059-7700
DOI - 10.1002/jgc4.1123
Subject(s) - genetic counseling , autonomy , genetic testing , public health , service (business) , downstream (manufacturing) , public relations , psychology , internet privacy , business , medicine , computer science , genetics , political science , marketing , nursing , biology , law
The practice of genetic counseling is going to be impacted by the public's expectation that goods, services, information, and experiences happen on demand, wherever and whenever people want them. Building from trends that are currently taking shape, this article looks just over a decade into the future—to 2030—to provide a description of how the field of genetics and genetic counseling will be changed, as well as advice for genetic counselors for how to prepare. We build from the prediction that a large portion of the general public will have access to their digitized whole genome sequence anytime, any place, on any device. We focus on five topics downstream of this prediction: public health, personal autonomy, polygenic scores (PGS), evolving clinical practices, and genetic privacy.