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Erschienen in: Journal of Genetic Counseling 3/2007

01.06.2007 | Book Review

Genetic Counselling: A Psychological Approach

By Christine Evans, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 2006, 204 pp.; US$ 45.00 Paperback, UK£24.99 Paperback, ISBN-13 9780521672306, ISBN-10 0521672309

verfasst von: Lauren Kerzin-Storrar

Erschienen in: Journal of Genetic Counseling | Ausgabe 3/2007

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Excerpt

This engrossing book is a welcome addition to the small but growing body of texts devoted exclusively to psychological considerations in genetic counselling practice. The author, Christine Evans, is a psychiatrist and psychotherapist who worked in the Institute of Medical Genetics in Cardiff, Wales for 10 years in the 1990s. During her time there she provided counselling supervision for clinical staff (genetic counsellors and medical geneticists) and contributed to the development of genetic counselling process research. Her work gave her exposure to the actual content of genetic counselling consultations through video and transcripts, as well as psychotherapeutic sessions with genetic counselling clients herself. This book is the product of that unique arrangement. …
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Metadaten
Titel
Genetic Counselling: A Psychological Approach
By Christine Evans, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 2006, 204 pp.; US$ 45.00 Paperback, UK£24.99 Paperback, ISBN-13 9780521672306, ISBN-10 0521672309
verfasst von
Lauren Kerzin-Storrar
Publikationsdatum
01.06.2007
Erschienen in
Journal of Genetic Counseling / Ausgabe 3/2007
Print ISSN: 1059-7700
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-3599
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10897-007-9092-5

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