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

• Pubblicazione: Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , [2013]; ©2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (225 p.)
• Disciplina: 616/.042
• Soggetto topico: Genetic counseling - Methodology - Great Britain; Communication - Social aspects - Great Britain; Cultural pluralism - Great Britain; People with disabilities - Great Britain
• Altri autori: WigginsJennifer MiddletonAnna
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Getting the message across
• ISBN: 0-19-997737-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910790530003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II