'Maybe it would be better if you spoke to my mother?'-Genetic counseling and personal experience

Ruth Kannai

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Abstract

This is the narratives of a family physician and a teacher of Medical Ethics, who herself suffers from Gaucher's disease. She was asked by a colleague to give an advice to a couple trying to decide whether to terminate a pregnancy of a fetus " like her" .The ethical, emotional and communicational challenges of the conversation are described in this essay.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)260-261
Number of pages2
JournalPatient Education and Counseling
Volume80
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Aug 2010
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Difficult conversations
  • Doctor-patient communication
  • Ethics
  • Gaucher's disease
  • Genetic consultation
  • Physician narrative
  • Reflective practice
  • Termination of pregnancy

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Medicine

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