Genetic counselors' religiosity & spirituality: are genetic counselors different from the general population?

Although there is evidence that the religious beliefs of genetic counselors (GCs) can induce internal conflict in at least some genetic counseling scenarios, empirical research on the religiosity of GCs is limited. This study compares genetic counselors to a representative sample of the adult U.S.

Clinical course of a 20-month-old child diagnosed prenatally with mosaic ring chromosome 18 and monosomy 18.

We report on a 20-month-old male, diagnosed prenatally with de novo mosaic ring chromosome 18 and low level monosomy 18, who also exhibited an inherited and apparently balanced translocation between chromosomes 3 and 6. We believe this to be the first reported case of prenatally diagnosed mosaic ring chromosome 18 and monosomy 18 in which the child was carried to term. Ring chromosomes are associated with an abnormal phenotype that is dependent on the amount of material that is deleted from the p and q arms.

Views on abortion: a comparison of female genetic counselors and women from the general population.

While literature characterizing individual genetic counselors' abortion attitudes is sparse, the National Society of Genetic Counselors takes a clear stance for reproductive autonomy. To determine genetic counselors' views, this study compared (1) genetic counselors' abortion attitudes to those of women from the general population and (2) genetic counselors' professional abortion attitudes to their personal abortion attitudes. Genetic counselors were invited to complete an online survey.