"What To Consider Before Taking A 23andMe Test" from The Huffington Post
"Yet experts worry that consumers might be psychologically unprepared to handle frightening health information they can’t necessarily act on, such as learning you’re at risk for diseases like Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s that have no cure. In these cases, would the precision medicine revolution be empowering or distressing?" This article extensively covers the complexities of informed consent, incidental findings, psychiatry, counseling, and whole genome testing. How much genetic education and preparation should we provide to people seeking whole genome sequencing?
November 20, 2017
