Providing a transcultural genetic counseling service in the UK

Journal of Genetic Counseling

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 567-582

  Middleton, Anna ^a,c   Robson, Fiona ^b   Burnell, Liza ^b   Ahmed, Mushtaq ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Institute of Medical Genetics   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asian; Consanguinity; Countertransference; Cross cultural; Deaf; Genetic counseling; Racism; Supervision; Transcultural

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN; CULTURAL FACTOR; FAMILY; GENETIC COUNSELING; HEALTH SERVICE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TRANSCULTURAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ASIA; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DEAFNESS; GENETIC COUNSELING; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS;

EID: 36448974192     PISSN: 10597700     EISSN: 15733599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10897-007-9089-0     Document Type: Article

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