Psychosocial Genetic Counseling

Psychosocial Genetic Counseling
ISBN-10
0195120663
ISBN-13
9780195120660
Category
Medical
Pages
316
Language
English
Published
2000-09-07
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Author
Jon Weil

Description

This text provides a comprehensive account of the psychosocial aspects of genetic counseling, combining theoretical and practical approaches with many clinical vignettes. It covers the psychosocial effects of genetic disorders on individuals, couples, and families; counseling techniques and the counseling session agenda; prenatal diagnosis counseling, cancer risk counseling, and genetic counseling with children and adolescents; the psychology of risk interpretation and decision making; and the influence of ethnocultural issues on counselees and counselor.

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