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STATUS DISCLOSURE: GENETIC COUNSELING AS AN ARENA FOR NEGOTIATION

Studies in Symbolic Interaction

ISBN: 978-0-76231-009-8, eISBN: 978-1-84950-205-4

Publication date: 1 April 2003

Abstract

This paper examines a premarital genetics program focusing on congenital deafness, conducted in Israel with a Bedouin minority group characterized by consanguinity, a religious ban on abortion, and high prevalence of genetic diseases. Building on interviews with counselors and counselees as well as observations of the interactions between them, the analysis describes the professional, communal, public and private arenas of negotiation that surround the process of genetic counseling.

Citation

Raz, A.E. (2003), "STATUS DISCLOSURE: GENETIC COUNSELING AS AN ARENA FOR NEGOTIATION", Studies in Symbolic Interaction (Studies in Symbolic Interaction, Vol. 26), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 147-167. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0163-2396(02)26011-1

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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