The European Society
of Human Genetics

Abstracts

Abstracts

Abstract Submission is now closed

In case of questions regarding your abstract, please send an email to conference(at)eshg.org

Acceptance and Selection of Abstracts

All submitted abstracts are currently in review by the Scientific Programme Committee and authors will be notified in the week of March 12-16 whether their abstract has been selected and, where relevant, whether it has been selected for spoken presentation.

EMPAG 2012 Submission Topics

One topic must be selected from the following:

01. Reproductive issues in genetics, prenatal and preimplantation genetic diagnosis
02. Prenatal and newborn screening
03. Risk perception and genetic testing
04. Access to genetic services (challenges in Europe)
05. Lay beliefs and public understanding of genetics
06. Predictive testing: process and impact
07. Psycho-social issues in cancer genetics
08. Psychosocial issues in cardiac genetics
09. Predisposition to common diseases: genetic testing and preventive behaviour
10. Genetic counselling: communicating genetic information
11. Strategies to facilitate decision making in genetics
12. Family dynamics and genetic conditions
13. Living with genetic disease
14. Evaluation of psycho-social interventions in genetics
15. Other relevant psychological and social topics in genetics
16. Workshop proposal