The study examines a recurrent interactional pattern in genetic counseling. It describes
clinical geneticists' responses in situations in which clients have presented information from …

An important part of genetic counseling is the delivery of specialized expert knowledge by
professionals. However, clients of these professionals have knowledge as well. Using video …

Genetic counselling as a medical encounter is characterised by the centrality of the
provision of information. Much of the counselling session is filled by information delivery …

OBJECTIVES: The article starts from the observation that professionals in genetic
counseling deploy the strategy of 'hedging'. It shows how hedging is used in a particular …

This study examines the communication that occurs during routine genetic counselling
sessions. It involves the qualitative analysis of nine consultations with one member of a …

One of the main aims of genetic counselling is to provide information to patients that they
can understand and recall. Measuring information recall is problematic and most studies do …

The rapid scientific and technological advances in the field of human genetics have created
an ever‐widening gap in knowledge and understanding between those specialists who are …

The impact of language interpretation on interactive communication in genetic counseling
sessions is not well studied. We sought to determine whether interpretation affects …

In the genetic counselling setting it is not uncommon for a client and genetic counsellor to be
faced with uncertainty surrounding the exact diagnostic label to be assigned to the client's …

One of the standards for the genetic counsellor's profession is neutrality, which enables
clients to decidein freedom'what is best for them. However, in a world with divergent and …