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A Commentary on Commercial Genetic Testing and the Future of the Genetic Counseling Profession.

Journal of genetic counseling - 1 Jun 2018

Wolff Nicholas D, Wolff Jon A

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Commercial genetic testing laboratories are increasingly employing genetic counselors. As a result, the role of these or many genetic counselors is shifting from primarily direct patient counseling in clinics and hospitals to more laboratory-centered activities that involve case coordination, customer liaison, variant classification, marketing, and sales. Given the importance of these commercial entities to the...

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PMID: 29524069
DOI: 10.1007/s10897-018-0244-6
PMCID: PMC5943385

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