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This book provides an elaboration and evaluation of the dominant conceptions of genetic counseling as they are accounted for in three different models: the teaching model; the psychotherapeutic model; and the responsibility model. The elaboration of these models involves an identification of the larger traditions, visions and theories of communication that underwrite them; the evaluation entails an assessment of each model's theses and ultimately a comparison of their adequacy in response to two important concerns in genetic counseling: the contested values of non-directiveness and the recognition of differences across perspectives, with special focus on how religious and spiritual beliefs of patients are coordinated with the networks of meaning in genetics. Several insights are made explicit in this project through the work of Robert Brandom. Brandom's deontic scorekeeping model demonstrates how dialogue is at the root of grasping a conceptual content. Against this backdrop, professional communications such as genetic counseling can be seen as late developments in linguistic practices that have structural challenges. Brandom's model reminds us that the professional needs the client's understanding to grasp conceptual content in a particular context. §§

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Book category Books in English Medicine Medicine: general issues Medical profession

• Full title: Normative and Pragmatic Dimensions of Genetic Counseling
• Subtitle: Negotiating Genetics and Ethics
• Author: Joseph B. Fanning
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 151
• EAN: 9783319449289
• ISBN: 3319449281
• ID: 13633816
• Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG
• Weight: 3731 g
• Dimensions: 235 × 155 × 14 mm
• Date of publishing: 12. October 2016

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