LeRoy / Veach / Bartels Genetic Counseling Practice

Advanced Concepts and Skills
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-118-21059-8
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 432 Seiten, E-Book

The first advanced-level genetics counseling skills resource
As genetic medicine and testing continue to expand, so the roleof the genetic counselor is transforming and evolving. GeneticCounseling Practice: Advanced Concepts and Skills is the firsttext to address ways that genetic counselors can deepen theirskills to meet expanding practice demands. This timely resource notonly helps readers further develop their abilities to gatherrelevant data and interpret it for patients, it also aids them insurpassing their usual role by truly understanding patientsituations, incorporating patient values into clinical practice,providing in-depth support, and facilitating thoroughly informed,autonomous decisions.
Edited by an expert cross-disciplinary team consisting of agenetic counseling program director, a licensed psychologist, and anurse/bioethicist/family social scientist, this authoritativereference provides specific and detailed instruction in addressingpsychosocial aspects of genetic counseling practice andprofessional development and training issues of geneticcounselors.
* Provides a process view of genetic counselor serviceprovision; i.e., skills that promote desired genetic counselingoutcomes are emphasized (such as relationship skills, patientcharacteristics, client behaviors, and extra-clinical skills)
* Includes experiential activities in every chapter to helpreaders apply concepts and skills
* Draws on the experience of widely recognized experts in geneticcounseling theory, practice, and research, who serve as chapterauthors
* Features numerous specific, real-life examples from clinicalpractice
Genetic Counseling Practice addresses issues relevant topracticing genetic counselors as well as students of geneticcounseling programs. In addition, oncology nurses, social workers,and psychologists working with genetic counseling patients andfamilies; medical geneticists and physicians training in the field;and physician assistants will also benefit from this resource.

Autoren/Hrsg.

LeRoy, Bonnie S.

Veach, Patricia M.

Bartels, Dianne M.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

CONTRIBUTORS vii
PREFACE xi
1 INTRODUCTION 1
Bonnie S. LeRoy, Patricia McCarthy Veach, and Dianne M.Bartels
PART I GENETIC COUNSELING DYNAMICS.
2 COMPLICATED SHADOWS: A CRITIQUE OF AUTONOMY IN GENETICCOUNSELING 13
Robert G. Resta
3 ACTIVELY ENGAGING WITH PATIENTS IN DECISION MAKING 31
Andrea Zanko and Michelle Fox
4 RISK COMMUNICATION: A COMPLEX PROCESS 65
Shannan DeLany Dixon and Yasmine L. Konheim-Kalkstein
5 GRIEVING: AN INEVITABLE JOURNEY 95
Elizabeth Gettig
6 FACING PATIENT ANGER 125
Bonnie Jeanne Baty
7 RESISTANCE AND ADHERENCE: UNDERSTANDING THE PATIENT'SPERSPECTIVE 155
Jon Weil
8 COUNTERTRANSFERENCE: MAKING THE UNCONSCIOUS CONSCIOUS175
Jon Weil
PART II CLIENT CULTURAL AND INDIVIDUALCHARACTERISTICS.
9 HONORING DIVERSITY: CULTURAL COMPETENCE IN GENETIC COUNSELING201
Linwood J. Lewis
10 GENETIC COUNSELING STRATEGIES FOR WORKING WITH FAMILIES235
Deborah L. Eunpu
11 DEVELOPMENTALLY BASED APPROACHES FOR COUNSELING CHILDREN ANDADOLESCENTS 253
Stephanie Austin
12 GENETIC COUNSELING FOR WOMEN WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES281
Brenda Finucane
PART III GENETIC COUNSELOR DEVELOPMENT.
13 GENETIC COUNSELORS: CARING MINDFULLY FOR OURSELVES 307
June A. Peters
14 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: REFLECTIVE GENETIC COUNSELINGPRACTICE 353
Kimberly W. Zahm
15 MOBILIZING GENETIC COUNSELOR LEADERSHIP SKILLS 381
Nancy P. Callanan
INDEX 401

Über Autor(innen)

Bonnie S LeRoy, MS, Department of Genetics, Cell Biology,& Development, University of Minnesota, USA
Patricia M Veach, PhD, Department of EducationalPsychology, University of Minnesota, USA
Diane M Bartels, PhD, Center for Bioethics, University ofMinnesota, USA