ERIC Number: EJ230436
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Publication Date: 1979
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The Role of Genetic Counseling in the Prevention of Blindness.
Pagon, Roberta A.
Sight-Saving Review, v49 n4 p157-66 Win 1979-80
Detection and counseling of individuals with genetic eye disorders may reduce morbidity by preventing unnecessary visual loss, by reducing misunderstanding, apprehension, and fear; by facilitating early diagnosis of other medical disorders; and by referring patients for appropriate educational and vocational training. (Author/SBH)
Descriptors: Blindness, Counseling, Etiology, Genetics, Heredity, Intervention, Prevention, Visual Impairments
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Language: English
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