| Autor: |
Menezes MA; Genetics Education and Health Research, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia., Hodgson JM, Sahhar MA, Aitken M, Metcalfe SA |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
Journal of genetic counseling [J Genet Couns] 2010 Dec; Vol. 19 (6), pp. 640-52. Date of Electronic Publication: 2010 Jul 24. |
| DOI: |
10.1007/s10897-010-9315-z |
| Abstrakt: |
Prenatal genetic counselors work with clients who are at risk of having a child with a fetal anomaly, or who have been diagnosed with a fetal anomaly. This can raise challenging ethical, moral and legal issues for both clients and counselors. Few studies have explored whether this type of work impacts on genetic counselors themselves. Interviews were conducted with 15 prenatal genetic counselors, five from Toronto, Canada and ten from Melbourne, Australia. A qualitative approach was used to allow for an in-depth exploration of the experiences of genetic counselors working in the prenatal setting. While participants reported that working in a prenatal setting affected them in several ways, this paper focuses on one particular unanticipated finding--that of the impact experienced by counselors from both countries while working when pregnant. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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