GENETIC AND GENETIC
COUNSELING
, Genetic Assessment and
Counseling
• Genetics
– study of the way such disorders occur
– study of genes, heredity, and the variation
of inherited characteristics.
• As many as 1 in 20 newborns inherits
a genetic disorder.
• As many as 65% of pediatric hospital
admissions may be for genetic-
influenced disorders (Pyeritz, 2019).
COUNSELING
, Genetic Assessment and
Counseling
• Genetics
– study of the way such disorders occur
– study of genes, heredity, and the variation
of inherited characteristics.
• As many as 1 in 20 newborns inherits
a genetic disorder.
• As many as 65% of pediatric hospital
admissions may be for genetic-
influenced disorders (Pyeritz, 2019).