WEL415 PROFESSIONAL ISSUES IN GENETIC COUNSELLING (8)
Prerequisite(s): WEL423
This subject aims to draw together a range of professional issues pertinent to genetic counselling practice. Topics include defining the role of genetic counselling within the health care system, feminist perspectives on reproductive genetics, risk perception and assessment in genetic counselling, the legal responsibilities of genetic counsellors, genetic databases, genetic information, privacy and the right to know, gene therapy.