Getting the message across : communication with diverse populations in clinical genetics / edited by Jennifer Wiggins and Anna Middleton.

Date:
[2013]
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Description

Communicating with patients about genetic concepts is fraught with complications. In addition to the hazy takeaway messages and the likelihood of peripheral findings, the diverse cultural backgrounds of patients in a genetics clinic present another layer of challenge for clinicians and genetic counselors in their aim to communicate important findings effectively and respectfully. This book provides practical advice to assist genetic counselors, geneticists, and other health professionals wanting to engage appropriately with different clients from different communities. Patients who are hearing and/or visually impaired, patients with diverse sex development or religious backgrounds, and those who are available only through interpreter or telephone consultation. With chapter-based practical entries on effective communication with these and other diverse population groups, this volume is an invaluable pocket tool for clinicians and counselors to effectively get the message across. Readership: Genetic counselors; clinical geneticists; primary care providers; medical students; child-life specialists; social workers; hospitalists; clinical instructors; care providers in any healthcare setting.

Publication/Creation

Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2013]

Physical description

xviii, 204 pages ; 24 cm

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Clients who are deaf or hard of hearing / Anna Middleton and Christina Palmer -- Clients who are visually impaired / Georgina Hall and Alison Clarke -- Clients who have diverse sex development / Lih-Mei Liao and Margaret Simmonds -- The Jewish community / Sara Levene -- The Traveller community / Jacqueline Turner -- The Pakistani Muslim community / Mushtaq Ahmed -- Clients who disclose sexual abuse / Alan Phillips -- Teenagers / Anna Gregorowski -- Children who have intellectual disability / Jeremy Turk -- Clients who are terminally ill / Anna-Marie Stevens and Dr Jayne Wood -- Clients who have dementia / Rachel Taylor -- Communication from an interpreter's perspective / Nicki Cornwall -- Communication via the telephone or video conferencing / Kelly Kohut and Kathryn Myhill.

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    Medical Collection
    QZ50 2013G39
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ISBN

  • 9780199757411
  • 0199757410
  • 9780199977376
  • 0199977372