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Genetic counselling can be both a rewarding and fulfilling career

Doctors are increasingly relying on genetic tests to help guide a patient's diagnosis as well as treatment strategy.

Genetic counselling, which is becoming an integral part of healthcare services, is a communicative process by which the patient and his/her family are informed about the genetic basis of the disorder, its inheritance pattern, and the chances of it occurring in future generations.