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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 paper describes a qualitative study of the processes employed within a genetic
counselling consultation. These processes, it is argued, can be seen to provide the patient …