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Reproductive planning after genetic counselling: a perspective from the last decade
Author(s) -
Frets Petra G.,
Niermeijer Martinus F.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
clinical genetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.543
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1399-0004
pISSN - 0009-9163
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-0004.1990.tb03584.x
Subject(s) - perspective (graphical) , genetic counseling , genetic diagnosis , interpretation (philosophy) , reproductive health , family planning , medicine , psychology , genetics , biology , environmental health , research methodology , population , computer science , artificial intelligence , gene , programming language
Studies from the last decade on factors influencing reproductive planning after genetic counselling were reviewed. Increased possibilities of DNA‐analysis and prenatal diagnosis might have brought about a shift in the paramountcy of factors influencing reproductive planning after genetic counselling. In contrast to the literature in the seventies, the magnitude of the genetic risk was no longer found to be one of the decisive factors in postcounselling reproductive planning. Instead, the interpretation of the risk as high or low and the desire to have children appeared to be paramount. The impact of new developments in DNA‐analysis in prenatal diagnosis and presymptomatic testing will be an important subject for future studies on factors influencing reproductive planning.