Institute of Human Genetics, National Institutes of Health, University of the Philippines Manila, Manila, Philippines.
King Abdullah Specialized Children's Hospital (KASCH), King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Eur J Hum Genet. 2019 Feb;27(2):183-197. doi: 10.1038/s41431-018-0252-x. Epub 2018 Oct 5.
The profession of genetic counseling (also called genetic counselling in many countries) began nearly 50 years ago in the United States, and has grown internationally in the past 30 years. While there have been many papers describing the profession of genetic counseling in individual countries or regions, data remains incomplete and has been published in diverse journals with limited access. As a result of the 2016 Transnational Alliance of Genetic Counseling (TAGC) conference in Barcelona, Spain, and the 2017 World Congress of Genetic Counselling in the UK, we endeavor to describe as fully as possible the global state of genetic counseling as a profession. We estimate that in 2018 there are nearly 7000 genetic counselors with the profession established or developing in no less than 28 countries.
遗传咨询（在许多国家也被称为遗传咨询）这一职业在美国起源于近 50 年前，并在过去 30 年中在国际上得到了发展。虽然已经有很多论文描述了个别国家或地区的遗传咨询职业，但数据仍然不完整，并且在不同的期刊上发表，获取途径有限。由于 2016 年在西班牙巴塞罗那举行的跨国遗传咨询联盟（TAGC）会议和 2017 年在英国举行的世界遗传咨询大会，我们努力尽可能全面地描述遗传咨询作为一种职业的全球状况。我们估计，截至 2018 年，全球有近 7000 名遗传咨询师，至少有 28 个国家建立或正在发展这一职业。
