GENETIC COUNSELING

Formerly Journal de Génétique Humaine founded in 1951 by Pr A. Franceschetti, M. Lamy and L. Van Bogaert, during 38 years this journal has published in French a large number of important contributions on different topics related to clinical and human genetics. With the aim of a broader international forum of contributors and readers the new editorial board decided to incorporate the Journal de Génétique Humaine in a new English language Journal: Genetic Counseling. During the past few years the impact of genetic counseling on individuals, couples and families confronted with different types of hereditary disorders, and/or congenital malformations has progressively become more important. Several reasons have contributed to this development, i.e. the advent of different genetic techniques and, even more important, the increasing interest of the public in diagnosis and prevention of genetic diseases. The purpose of Genetic Counseling, incorporating the Journal de Génétique Humaine, is to publish papers covering different topics and problems in the field. In addition to the medical aspects, much attention will be given to psychosocial and ethical problems.

前身为1951年由弗朗切蒂、拉米和范博格特共同创办的《人类遗传学》杂志，在38年的时间里，以法语发表了大量有关临床和人类遗传学的重要论文。为了建立一个更广泛的国际投稿者和读者论坛，新编辑委员会决定将《人类遗传学》杂志纳入一份新的英文杂志:《遗传学咨询》。在过去几年中，遗传咨询对面临不同类型遗传疾病和/或先天性畸形的个人、夫妇和家庭的影响日益重要。有几个原因促成了这一发展，即不同的遗传技术的出现，更重要的是，公众对诊断和预防遗传疾病的兴趣日益增加。基因咨询的目的是结合《人类遗传学》杂志，发表涉及该领域不同主题和问题的论文。除医学方面外，还将高度重视社会心理和伦理问题。