Training Genetic Counsellors to Deliver an Innovative Therapeutic Intervention: their Views and Experience of Facilitating Multi-Family Discussion Groups

Journal of Genetic Counseling

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 199-214

  Eisler, Ivan ^a   Flinter, Frances ^b   Grey, Jo ^c   Hutchison, Suzanne ^a   Jackson, Carole ^d   Longworth, Louise ^e   MacLeod, Rhona ^f   McAllister, Marion ^g   Metcalfe, Alison ^d   Patch, Christine ^b,d   Cope, Buddug ^h   Robert, Glenn ^d   Rowland, Emma ^d   Ulph, Fiona ⁱ  

^a SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c Association for Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Disorders (AMEND)   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^g CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^h GENETIC ALLIANCE UK   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Family communication; Genetic counsellors; Genomics; Inherited genetic conditions; Multi family discussion groups; Therapeutic intervention

Indexed keywords

COUNSELOR; EDUCATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

COUNSELORS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; HUMANS;

EID: 84991010805     PISSN: 10597700     EISSN: 15733599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10897-016-0008-0     Document Type: Article

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