Premium
Models of Genetic Counseling and Their Effects on Multicultural Genetic Counseling
Author(s) -
Lewis Linwood J.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of genetic counseling
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.867
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1573-3599
pISSN - 1059-7700
DOI - 10.1023/a:1015279123108
Subject(s) - genetic counseling , multiculturalism , context (archaeology) , typology , prejudice (legal term) , psychology , multicultural education , counselor education , genetic testing , psychotherapist , medicine , medical education , clinical psychology , pedagogy , sociology , social psychology , genetics , higher education , political science , anthropology , paleontology , law , biology
This theoretical paper examines challenges to multicultural genetic counseling, counseling between culturally different clients and counselors, in the context of Kessler's typology of models of genetic counseling (Kessler S (1997) J Genet Counsel 6:287–295). It is suggested that challenges such as resistance to multicultural genetic counseling education may be due to conceptions about genetic counseling as a biomedical field that transcends questions of culture as well as lack of multicultural training or prejudice. Directions for future research and recommendations for multicultural genetic counseling education are briefly explored.