OBJECTIVES An understanding of factors associated with interest in genetic counseling and intentions to obtain colorectal cancer susceptibility testing is an important foundation for developing education, counseling, and genetic services and policies. MATERIALS AND METHODS A survey was mailed to first-degree relatives of patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer. The respondents (n = 426, 77%...

articles by Paula Hollerbach partially compensate for this deficit. Her careful and sensitive descriptions of psychological and other factors influencing a couple's reproductive goals and attitudes toward counseling, sterilization, artificial insemination, and selective abortion evoke empathy with and for the troubled couple. Next, John Pearn's "Decision-Making and Reproductive Choice" offers a...

Widespread use of genetic tests for medical treatment and clinical genetic counseling–as a cost-effective treatment for an increasing number of hereditary disorders–has led to study of privacy and disclosure issues, and has compelled governments to limit disclosure of test results. To the best of our knowledge, no clinical workflows for genetic counseling apply applicable information disclosure...

Recent advances in the identification of genetic abnormalities associated with certain types of cancer have stimulated the development of screening and counseling programs for hereditary and familial forms of cancer. In 1995, such a program was established in a collaboration between three familial cancer clinics in Amsterdam. Given the potential impact of genetic screening and counseling on the...