Genetic counseling gone awry: Miscommunication between prenatal genetic service providers and Mexican-origin clients

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1933-1946

  Browner, C H ^a   Preloran, H Mabel ^a   Casado, Maria Christina ^a   Bass, Harold N ^a   Walker, Ann P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Client provider miscommunication; Genetic counseling; Latinas' reproductive decision making; Narrative analysis; USA

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; ETHNICITY; HEALTH SERVICES;

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; BIRTH DEFECT; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PROCEDURES; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MEXICO; PRENATAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

ABNORMALITIES; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; AMNIOCENTESIS; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CALIFORNIA; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CULTURE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; GENETIC COUNSELING; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEXICAN AMERICANS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037400936     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(02)00214-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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