While entering a patient's family history into the electronic medical record, a medical assistant wants to capture information that best indicates the patient's genetic risk. Which of the following details is most critical to document for that purpose?
The presence of diseases or conditions in immediate family members, such as parents and siblings.
The marital status of the patient's family members.
The total number of relatives including distant cousins, aunts, and uncles.
The number of family members who do not have any medical conditions.
Recording the presence of conditions in immediate family members is crucial to assess the risk of hereditary conditions because these relatives share the highest proportion of genes with the patient. Charting conditions in distant relatives, although sometimes helpful, is less predictive because of greater genetic dilution. Likewise, simply counting unaffected relatives or noting marital status adds little to assessing inherited risk.
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