The Impacts of Genetic Counseling on The Quality of Children

  • Sjarif Hidajat Effendi Department of Child Health, Universitas Padjadjaran Medical School/Dr. Hasan Sadikin Hospital, Bandung, West Java
Keywords: genetic counseling, family planning program

Abstract

The success of our National Family Planning Program and awareness of people to the motto of: "The norm of a small, happy and prosperous family" has led our people, especially the eligible couples, to think no more about quantity, but the quality of their children. There is a tendency that they do need assurance of completely healthy children, the present or the coming ones. This fact leads our Health Service Personnel to the awareness that they must be able to solve people's problems related to their desire for good quality children.

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Published
2019-01-29
How to Cite
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Effendi S. The Impacts of Genetic Counseling on The Quality of Children. PI [Internet]. 29Jan.2019 [cited 14Nov.2024];32(5-6):163-. Available from: https://paediatricaindonesiana.org/index.php/paediatrica-indonesiana/article/view/2112
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Received 2019-01-29
Published 2019-01-29