Resumen de ‘Siting’ genetic counselling for pre-symptomatic genetic testing in Austria
Molecular genetic diagnostics has made diagnosable the predisposition to “late onset diseases” long in advance of any symptoms. Such predictive tests give rise to a number of medical, social and political issues. Genetic counselling that observes certain principles is commonly practiced to protect clients from the unwanted ramifications of his/her genetic information. However, practices of clinical counselling are also shaped by other logics. I argue that the specificities of the various counselling modes found in Austria can be understood best as effects of how counselling practices are ‘sited’, that is where they exist and happen.
