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. 1988 Apr;34:849-855, 970.

Updating Genograms in the Practice of Preventive Medicine

PW Allderdice, E O'Leary, S Ficken
PMCID: PMC2218968  PMID: 21253090

Abstract

Family physicians uncover clues to genetic risk while they routinely sketch and add to patients' genograms. A symbolic international language identifies health conditions and shows inter- and intra-generational relationships of mating and descent. Time allotted to reviewing the genogram and follow-up carried out by the family physician and/or through referral to a genetics clinic lie well within the mandate to practise preventive medicine. Such vigilance is fundamental to the unwritten agreement between the family and the family physician to delay, moderate, or avoid health crises.

Keywords: genogram, pedigree, family tree, family-health tree, preventive genetics, family medicine

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