In late 2004, The Australian Government agency Biotechnology Australia initiated a project to develop a national educational resource on genetic medicine for Australian GPs. The outcome of this project is the Genetics in Family Medicine: The Australian Handbook for General Practitioners, published in 2007. It includes a range of short factsheets on each topic for patients and their families, which are available for download below.
Contacts support and testing
- What is a gene? (PDF, 297KB)
- How do genetic conditions occur? (PDF, 307KB)
- Talking with doctors (PDF, 295KB)
- Your family history (PDF, 296KB)
- Genetic testing and screening (PDF, 301KB)
Pregnancy and newborn screening
- Preparing for pregnancy (PDF, 303KB)
- Testing if you are pregnant (PDF, 313KB)
- Newborn screening (PDF, 294KB)
Cancer and conditions
- Cancer in the family (PDF, 313KB)
- Heart conditions (PDF, 309KB)
- Chromosomal conditions (PDF, 304KB)
- Clotting disorders (PDF, 304KB)
- Haemophilias (PDF, 297KB)
- Cystic fibrosis (PDF, 303KB)
- Diabetes (PDF, 304KB)
- Developmental delay (PDF, 341KB)
- Haemoglobinopathies (PDF, 334KB)
- Hereditary haemochromatosis (PDF, 299KB)
- Neurological conditions (PDF, 296KB)
- Mental illness (PDF, 293KB)