Facilitating the Genetic Counseling Process Practice-Based Skills, Second Edition

287 that no “recipe” suffices to answer all parents’ questions about how this important task should be approached in their famil ...

288 enact respect and gratitude, yet recipients reserve the right to make their own deci- sions” (Goldsmith and Fitch 1997 , p.  ...

289 and have demonstrated accurate empathy (Feng 2009 ; Goldsmith and Fitch 1997 ; Hepburn and Potter 2011 ). It’s important to ...

290 when we were reviewing your family history, you mentioned how close you are to your brother and sister. I wonder if it might ...

291 both doctors and genetic counselors. The researchers also speculated that even when they are critical of clinicians’ advice, ...

292 Mistakenly Thinking Patients Are Seeking Your Advice Often patients have already made up their minds before asking your opin ...

293 Forgetting that Patients Ultimately Are Responsible for Making Their Own Decisions When you provide advice, you risk shiftin ...

294 person(s) within the context of addressing a challenging situation or realizing a potential” (p. 180). Wong further notes th ...

295 by the [patient]” (Wong 2015 , p. 193). For instance, “Your reasons to have test- ing make a lot of sense.” 10.2.2 Reasons t ...

296 where we are right now, which is [trying to determine your actual risk for devel- oping breast cancer]...” (p. 53). To expr ...

297 Then the class discusses the following: What are ineffective ways to give advice? What are effective ways to give advice? Th ...

298 Instructor Note Students could work together in Think-Pair-Share dyads to identify examples of counselor advice and influen ...

299 Genetic Counselor Role III Your patient is a graduate student from China who is 18 weeks pregnant. She is referred for follo ...

300 Used sparingly Concise Non-argumentative Intended to meet patient goals Genuine versus falsely reassuring Relevant to patien ...

301 Influence: “It’s good that you are seeking as much information as you can because of how frightened you are about testing po ...

302 DeCapua A, Dunham JF. Strategies in the discourse of advice. J Pragmat. 1993;20:519–31. Dennis A, Howell S, Cordeiro L, Tart ...

© Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018 303 P. McCarthy Veach et al., Facilitating the Genetic Coun ...

304 11.1 Self-Disclosure Self-disclosure is a multidimensional skill that affects genetic counseling processes and outcomes. Sel ...

305 avoided disclosure they judged to be highly directive, either because of its content (e.g., personal opinions and pregnancy ...

306 Relationship status (e.g., if you wear a wedding ring, you may be perceived as someone who understands the conflict a coupl ...