Includes bibliographies and index.

List of contributors, Preface, Foreword, Introduction-- The psychological foundations of genetic counseling-- The process of communication, decision making and coping in genetic counseling-- The counselor- counselee relationship-- The genetic counseling session-- Amniocentesis counseling -- Genetic counseling for parents of a baby with down's syndrome-- Psychological issues in genetic counseling of phenylketonuria -- Psychological issues in the genetic counseling of cystic fibrosis -- Applied behavioral genetics: counseling and psychotherapy in sex chromosoamal disorders -- Psychological issues in sickle cell counseling -- Genetic russian roulette; the experience of being at risk for huntington's disease-- Genetical counseling and cancer // Subject Index //