Issues Arising in Psychological Consultations to Help Parents Talk to Minor and Young Adult Children about their Cancer Genetic Test Result: a Guide to Providers.

摘要: The defining difference between genetic and traditional medicine is that findings have implications not just for the patient, but also their relatives. Discussion of a test result parent child both transformative translational moment in life family. Parents report wanting help talking to children. challenge counselors other providers be able recognize which issues are at core parental distress offer recommendations empower support parents. complexity potential findings, including variants uncertain significance (VUS) incidental vastly increased, requiring considerable explanation leaving less time discussion emotional issues. While nature testing (single gene multigene panel genomic testing) dramatically changing, concerns remains remarkably constant. Families differ many respects, so no "recipe" suffices answer parents' questions about how this important task should approached each Successful consultation parents requires true counseling, matching fears with information, exploration advice specific concerns, circumstances strengths.