Peering into a chilean black box: parental storytelling in pediatric genetic counseling.

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dc.contributor.authorOrdonez, Jessica
dc.contributor.authorMargarit, Sonia
dc.contributor.authorDowns, Katy
dc.contributor.authorYashar, Beverly
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-07T15:29:10Z
dc.date.available2017-04-07T15:29:10Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.descriptionCentro de Genética y Genómica
dc.description.abstractWhile genetic counseling has expanded to multiple international settings, research about providing culturally sensitive services to non-U.S. patients is limited. To gain insights, we utilized a process study to explore parental communication in pediatric genetics clinics in Chile. We utilized a phenomenological hermeneutic approach to assess storytelling in six pediatric sessions that were conducted in Spanish, and translated into English. The majority of the sessions focused on information gathering (35 %), and providing medical (20 %) and genetics education (18 %). The 14 instances of storytelling we identified usually emerged during information gathering, genetics education, and the closing of the session. Stories illustrated parental efforts to create a cognitive and emotional context for their child's genetic diagnosis. Parents emerged as competent caregivers who discussed the role of the child as a social being in the family and the larger community. Our analysis found that genetic counseling sessions in the U.S. and Chile are structured similarly and although communication is not a balanced process, parents use storytelling to participate as active agents in the session. Via storytelling, we learned that parents are working to understand and gain control over their child's genetic diagnosis by relying on mechanisms that extend beyond the genetics appointment.
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dc.identifier.citationJournal of Genetic Counseling, 2013, 22(6):805-16
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11447/1111
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10897-013-9620-4
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.subjectStorytelling
dc.subjectPediatric
dc.subjectCommunication
dc.titlePeering into a chilean black box: parental storytelling in pediatric genetic counseling.
dc.typeArtículo

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