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Autore |
Weil Jon |
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Titolo |
Psychosocial genetic counseling / / Jon Weil |
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New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-770844-7 |
1-280-75993-3 |
9786610759934 |
0-19-974774-1 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xvi, 297 pages) : illustrations |
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Collana |
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Oxford monographs on medical genetics ; ; no. 41 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Genetic counseling - Psychological aspects |
Genetic counseling - Social aspects |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Previously issued in print: 2000. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-291) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Contents""; ""1 The Counselee as Individual""; ""Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Psychosocial Meanings of Parenthood""; ""Coping Strategies""; ""The Search for Meaning""; ""Psychological Defenses""; ""The Coping Process""; ""Self-esteem and Narcissistic Injury""; ""Grief and Mourning""; ""Guilt and Shame""; ""2 The Counselee in a Social Context""; ""Family Structure""; ""The Family in a Temporal and Social Context""; ""Family Belief Systems""; ""Communication""; ""Couples""; ""Social Isolation and Social Support""; ""Religion""; ""3 Techniques of Psychosocial Genetic Counseling"" |
""Unconditional Positive Regard, Empathy, and Genuineness"" ""Informed Observation""; ""Developing Emotional Intensity""; ""Reducing Emotional Intensity""; ""Presentation of Self""; ""Promoting Competence and Autonomy""; ""Reframing""; ""Modeling and Role Play""; ""Addressing Guilt and Shame""; ""Giving Bad News""; ""Mental Health Referrals""; ""Countertransference""; ""4 The Structure of Psychosocial Genetic Counseling""; ""Initial Contacts""; ""Introductions""; ""Beliefs, Understanding, and Questions""; ""Agendas""; ""The Pedigree as a Psychosocial Instrument""; ""Presenting Information"" |
""Meeting with Subsets of Counselees"" ""Closing the Session""; ""Follow-up""; ""5 Nondirective Counseling, Risk Perception, and |
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Decision Making""; ""Nondirective Genetic Counseling""; ""Risk Perception and Interpretation""; ""Decision Making""; ""6 Specific Counseling Situations and Counselees""; ""Prenatal Diagnosis Counseling""; ""Cancer Risk Counseling""; ""Genetic Counseling with Children""; ""Genetic Counseling with Adolescents""; ""7 The Ethnocultural Imperative""; ""Culture and Ethnocultural Identity""; ""Cultures and Cultural Differences"" |
""Ethnocultural History and Social Experience"" ""Institutional and Social Barriers to Services""; ""Ethnocultural Self-awareness""; ""Cross-Cultural Generic Counseling Techniques""; ""Reducing Institutional and Social Barriers""; ""8 Genetic Counseling in an Expanding Social Context""; ""Resistance to Genetic Screening, Testing, and Counseling for Reproductive Issues""; ""Critiques""; ""The Voices of Individuals Affected by Genetic Disease, Birth Defects, and Disabilities""; ""Genetic Counseling: Content and Context""; ""References""; ""Index"" |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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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