Breaking difficult news in a newborn setting: Down syndrome as a paradigm

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 173-179

  Dent, Karin M ^a,b   Carey, John C ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c Utah Hearing Loss Etiology Project   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breaking bad news; Communication; Down syndrome; Theoretical model

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CLINICAL GENETICS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONSENSUS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DOWN SYNDROME; EXPERIENCE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HONESTY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEWBORN SCREENING; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

COMMUNICATION; DOWN SYNDROME; FAMILY; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN;

EID: 33748051094     PISSN: 15524868     EISSN: 15524876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.c.30100     Document Type: Review

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