Defining Genetic Counseling

These journal articles describe the development of genetic counseling in the United States primarily and in other areas of the  world. There is also a paper by Laurino and Padilla about the establishment of genetic counseling training program in the Philippines. Another paper by Padilla and Cutiongco-dela Paz discusses the genetics and genomics services in the Philippines. Please read through these papers to have a better understanding of the context by which genetic counseling as a profession developed. Try to reflect on how the developments in genetics and genomics services in the Philippines served as impetus for pushing genetic counseling in the country.