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Dream Job: Genetic Counselor
A visit with a genetic counselor is usually a good opportunity for people to discover more about their extended relatives. Taking a detailed history involves a lot of time and research.
Decoding the Human Condition
Shannon Martin [not her real name] sees more than a dozen patients a week, demystifying scientific jargon and assuaging fears. A genetic counselor at a multispeciality group medical practice on the East Coast, Martin spends at least an hour with each patient, taking family medical histories and creating profiles for families and individuals with potential genetic predispositions, as well as for high-risk couples trying to conceive a child. Her organization has 300,000 patients, and her three-person department caters to all of its members with genetic disorders or those who have been deemed at risk by family history or genetic testing.”
