Child Health Providers' Precautionary Discussion of Emotions during Communication about Results of Newborn Genetic Screening

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 62-67

  Farrell, Michael H ^a   Speiser, Jodi ^b   Deuster, Lindsay ^c   Christopher, Stephanie ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; EMPATHY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; NEWBORN SCREENING; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENT COUNSELING; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SAFETY; WORKSHOP;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNICATION; COUNSELING; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEONATAL SCREENING; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84855318519     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2011.696     Document Type: Article

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