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Editorial
. 2023 Mar 31;10(4):672.
doi: 10.3390/children10040672.

Challenges in Communicating a Genetic Diagnosis

Francisco Cammarata-Scalisi  1 , Colin Eric Willoughby  2 , Vito Romano  3 , Michele Callea  4
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Editorial

Challenges in Communicating a Genetic Diagnosis

Francisco Cammarata-Scalisi et al. Children (Basel). .

Abstract

Communicating the diagnosis of a genetic entity/rare disease to a patient or their parents is a complex process; it requires the doctor, pediatrician, or geneticist to display good communication skills and knowledge in a moment of uncertainty and disorientation for the family group, and sometimes in an inappropriate environment or under time constraints [...].

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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