Delivery of genetic services in Lyons (France) 1960-1980

In conclusion, the delivery of genetic services seems guaranteed now because it is based on a university school of medicine, important hospitals, and private resources. Other structures in different cities of the world are certainly as effective as or better than these. The European Club of genetic counseling was created in Lyons in 1972 to bring together the geneticists of 52 university towns of French-speaking Western Europe. The 120 members of this club meet each year for a congress. The themes of our seminars are genetic counseling and the exchange of information to allow us to improve the delivery of genetic services. Generally speaking, in the Rhône-Alpes region, the delivery of genetic services has indeed taken advantage of new discoveries. In an early stage, routine services have worked with conventional techniques borrowed from other centers. Today they enable us to reap the fruit of modern research.