I always like to include real-life events in my blogs, and this week just such a case presented itself. I trained in cardiology in London, at the Heart Hospital and Bart’s (both now amalgamated on one site). I have fond memories of my training, and got a ‘blast from the past’ email this week from one of my former colleagues, a genetic nurse counsellor. Genetic nurse counsellors do what they say on the tin – they are involved with the care of patients and their families with inherited conditions, often with a nursing background, and provide counselling. This takes many forms, for example, taking a detailed family history (called a pedigree), describing the process whereby a patient has a gene test and going through the results (which can be incredibly complicated!). However…
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