[SCD-FORUM] 123E Genetic testing Dr. Zaklyazminskaya

[SCD Symposium]

Dear Dr. Wenling Liu!
This problem to be not uncommon in general genetic councelling, not only in
cardiogenetics. Usually we know about such  position of the patient before
genetic testing from special form. Informed Consent Form in our Genetic
Center contain the questions:
- Do you agree to communicate to your relatives about genetic testing
results? Yes or No
- Do you agree to genetist to contact with your relatives about this
disease? Yes or No
If patient disagree we could only discuss with him/her potential benefits of
genetic counselling for the other member of the family. Particularly
frequent we meet with such difficulties in some ethnic group practicing
Islam. If  this decision is invariable we can nothing unfortunately.
Sincerely
Dr. Elena Zaklyazminskaya, M.D., Ph.D.
Russian Research Center for Medical Genetics,
1, Moskvorechie, Moscow, Russia, 115478
+7 495 5043166
+7 495 3248110
dnalab at rol.ru
www.dnalab.ru

>Message: 5
>Dear Dr. Alejandra Guerchicoff, Dr. Guido D. Pollevick, Dr. Charles
Antzelevitch:
>I have a question, this is the problem I met in clinical practice last
year. If the one who was found having mutation, but he or she did not want
to tell his or her spouse,     >how shall we do? All the family members have
been screened, and every one want know the result.
>Sincerely Yours
>Wenling Liu from Beijing Univ.People's Hosp.