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 …

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

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 …

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 …

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 …

Objective To systematically review studies that have analyzed communication within
medical consultations involving genetic specialists and report on their findings and design …

OBJECTIVES: To examine the process of genetic counseling with the aim of observing how
participants negotiate a common understanding in light of the inherent power asymmetry of …

This is a comment on" Interactional difficulties as a resource for patient participation in
prenatal screening consultations in Hong Kong." Patient Educ Couns. 2013 Jul; 92 (1): 38 …

Questions form a crucial aspect of any institutional encounter which, by default, is task
oriented and agenda driven (Agar 1985). Viewed from an information exchange framework …

In the context of risk communication in genetic counseling, there appears to be a tension
between clients seeking an authoritative, definitive risk assessment and the geneticist-expert …