Psychological aspects of genetic counseling: XIII. Empathy and decency

Journal of Genetic Counseling

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 333-343

  Kessler, Seymour ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Decency; Empathy; Psychology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COPING BEHAVIOR; COUNTER TRANSFERENCE; EMPATHY; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REINFORCEMENT; SELF ESTEEM;

EID: 0033382681     PISSN: 10597700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022967208933     Document Type: Article

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