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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815253203321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

0-19-997737-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WigginsJennifer

MiddletonAnna

Disciplina

616/.042

Soggetti

Genetic counseling - Methodology - Great Britain

Communication - Social aspects - Great Britain

Cultural pluralism - Great Britain

People with disabilities - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Clients who are deaf or hard of hearing / Anna Middleton and Christina Palmer -- Clients who are visually impaired / Georgina Hall and Alison Clarke -- Clients who have diverse sex development / Lih-Mei Liao and Margaret Simmonds -- The Jewish community / Sara Levene -- The Traveller community / Jacqueline Turner -- The Pakistani Muslim community / Mushtaq Ahmed -- Clients who disclose sexual abuse / Alan Phillips -- Teenagers / Anna Gregorowski -- Children who have intellectual disability / Jeremy Turk -- Clients who are terminally ill / Anna-Marie Stevens and Dr Jayne Wood -- Clients who have dementia / Rachel Taylor -- Communication from an interpreter's perspective / Nicki Cornwall -- Communication via the telephone or video conferencing / Kelly Kohut and Kathryn Myhill.

Sommario/riassunto

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 counselors in their aim to communicate important findings effectively and respectfully. This book provides



practical advice to assist genetic counselors, geneticists, and other health professionals wanting to engage appropriately with different clients from different communities -- patients who are heari