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Genetic Counseling Practice: Advanced Concepts and Skills

LeRoy, Bonnie S.; Veach, Patricia M.; Callanan, Nancy P.

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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Development of the 2nd Edition -- Reciprocal-Engagement Model -- Chapter Descriptions -- Considerations -- In Closing -- References -- Chapter 2 Complicated Shadows: The Limitations of Autonomy in Genetic Counseling Practice -- Definition and Focus -- Seven Limitations of Autonomy -- Limitation Number 1 - The Right to Autonomous Decision Making is Not Universally Available to All People Due to Economic and Social Realities -- Limitation Number 2 - In Practice, Autonomy is Not a Right but a Privilege that can be Denied Based on Socioeconomic Status -- Limitation Number 3 - Autonomy is a Culturally Limited Concept -- Limitation Number 4 - Even Among Westernized Genetic Counseling Patient Populations, Individual Autonomy is Not Universally Desired -- Limitation Number 5 - Autonomy can Serve to Justify a Poor Counseling Technique Called "Nondirectiveness" -- Limitation Number 6 - If Genetic Diseases Run in Families, and Families are Our Patients, Why Shouldn't the Family Have Autonomy? -- Summary -- Learning Activities -- References -- Chapter 3 Actively Engaging with Patients in Decision-Making -- A Brief History of the Medical Encounter: From Paternalism to Shared Decision-Making -- Psychological Aspects of Decision-Making -- Patients' Use of Heuristics to Make Decisions -- Patients Recall Information Differently: Fuzzy Trace Theory -- Informed Decision-Making -- Decisions in Genetic Counseling - What Makes Them Unique? -- Behavioral Economics and Decision-Making -- Binning and Decision-Making -- Barriers to Decision-Making, Decisional Conflict, and Discord -- Applying Shared Decision-Making in the Genetic Counseling Encounter -- Approaches and Tools for Facilitating Decision-Making -- Summary -- Learning Activities.

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Genetic counseling practice: advanced concepts and skills

LeRoy, Bonnie; Veach, Patricia McCarthy; Callanan, Nancy P.

Introduction / Bonnie S. LeRoy, Patricia Mccarthy Veach, and Nancy P. Callanan -- Complicated shadows : the limitations of autonomy in genetic counseling / Robert G. Resta -- Actively engaging with patients in decision-making / Andrea Shugar and Cheryl Shuman -- Risk assessment and communication : a complex process / Shannan Delany Dixon, MaryAnn W. Campion, and Claire N. Singletary -- A genetic counselor's guide to understanding grief / Nadia Ali and Cecelia Bellcross -- Patient anger : insights and strategies / Lynn Schema -- Resistance and adherence : understanding the patient's perspective / Krista Redlinger-Grosse -- Countertransference : making the unconscious conscious / Krista Redlinger-Grosse -- Supporting family communication about genetic conditions / Marion Mcallister, Rhona Macleod, and Alison Metcalfe -- Developmentally-based approaches for counseling children and adolescents / Stephanie Austin and Kelly Schoch -- Cultural competency and genetic counseling : key concepts / Nancy Steinberg Warren -- Cultural competency : application to genetic counseling / Nancy Steinberg Warren -- Education in genetic counseling : the impacts of genetic literacy and adult learning / Andrea L. Durst and Rachel Mills -- Adapting genetic counseling practice to different models of service delivery / Angela Trepanier and Dawn C. Allain -- "Oh the places you'll go!" The genetic counselor professional development journey / Catherine A. Reiser -- Development of the genetic counseling profession : a professionalization process / Bonnie Jeanne Baty

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Genetic Counseling Practice: Advanced Concepts and Skills

LeRoy, Bonnie S.; Veach, Patricia M.; Bartels, Dianne M.

The first advanced-level genetics counseling skills resource As genetic medicine and testing continue to expand, so the role of the genetic counselor is transforming and evolving. Genetic Counseling Practice: Advanced Concepts and Skills is the first text to address ways that genetic counselors can deepen their skills to meet expanding practice demands. This timely resource not only helps readers further develop their abilities to gather relevant data and interpret it for patients, it also aids them in surpassing their usual role by truly understanding patient situations, incorporating patient