Getting the message across : communication with diverse populations in clinical genetics

Getting the message across : communication with diverse populations in clinical genetics / edited by Jennifer Wiggins and Anna Middleton.

Communicating with patients about genetic concepts is fraught with complications. In addition to the hazy takeaway messages and the likelihood of peripheral findings, the diverse cultural backgrounds of patients in a genetics clinic present another layer of challenge for clinicians and genetic couns...

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Other Authors: Wiggins, Jennifer, Middleton, Anna
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, [2013]
Subjects:
Genetic counseling > Great Britain.
Genetic disorders > Patients > Services for > Great Britain.
Cross-cultural counseling > Great Britain.
Intercultural communication > Great Britain.
Communication in medicine > Great Britain.
Cultural pluralism.
People with disabilities.
physically handicapped.
handicapped.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
MEDICAL > Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL > Internal Medicine.
People with disabilities
Cultural pluralism
Communication in medicine
Cross-cultural counseling
Genetic counseling
Genetic disorders > Patients > Services for
Intercultural communication
Great Britain
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