"It's challenging on a personal level"-exploring the 'lived experience' of Australian and Canadian prenatal genetic counselors

Journal of Genetic Counseling

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 640-652

  Menezes, Melody A ^a,b   Hodgson, Jan M ^a,b   Sahhar, Margaret A ^a,b   Aitken, Maryanne ^a,b   Metcalfe, Sylvia A ^a,b  

^a MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allied health; Birth defect; Countertransference; Crisis; Empathy; Fetal abnormality; Fetal anomaly; Genetic counselor; Pregnancy; Pregnant genetic counselor; Prenatal; Qualitative; Self disclosure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMANS; ONTARIO; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 78650174735     PISSN: 10597700     EISSN: 15733599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10897-010-9315-z     Document Type: Article

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