A Study on Visual Representation of Medical Family Tree Using Genograms

摘要

A genogram is a graphical representation of medical conditions including information on age and cause of death of family members that can be used especially to access disease risk. The main purpose of this paper is to present the outcome of a preliminary study done regarding accessing the current use of genogram in representing medical family tree data. This article seeks to enable the reader to understand the basics of what a genogram is and how it can be used to help medical practitioners visually understand family health and conditions based on information gathered for the family medical tree. Initial investigations suggest that genograms have huge potential, as they can help a lot people in various fields to visualize and understand patients' family medical history and look for recurring patterns of illness and behaviour.