Counseling in medical genetics / Sheldon C. Reed.

  • Reed, Sheldon C. (Sheldon Clark), 1910-2003.
Date:
[1955]
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Credit: Counseling in medical genetics / Sheldon C. Reed. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    WHAT ARE THE PROBLEMS? complexities and kinds of problems which are presented daily at the Dight Institute. One might wonder whether the counseling is not a morbid business and therefore depressing. It is not. Whatever little the inquirer leams gives him a peace of mind and resulting gratitude to¬ ward the counselor which makes the effort of counsel¬ ing well worth the trouble. But unless the counselor truly loves to teach, he should occupy his time in some other way. More elaborate discussion of the problems which come to the heredity cHnic, and the answers given, will be presented later as individual chapters. At this point it should suffice to present Table II, which gives the topics most frequently posed for consideration at the Dight Institute. The relative frequencies observed are about what one might expect at an heredity clinic, but they are definitely not indications of the relative fre- TABLE II THE TWENTY MOST COMMON CAUSES FOR COUN¬ SELING AT THE DIGHT INSTITUTE 8