Genetic testing and counseling have become integral to the timely control of heritable
cancers, like the childhood eye cancer retinoblastoma. This study aimed to determine …

Abstract The Genetic Counseling profession in South Africa (SA) was established 35 years
ago when the first degree program was initiated at the University of the Witwatersrand in …

Genetic counselling is offered in diverse settings, and patient reactions vary due to
differences in personal, family and community beliefs, local healthcare settings, as well as …

Video‐recording healthcare interactions provides important opportunities for research and
service improvement. However, this method brings about tensions, especially when …

This chapter provides a global and local context to the health communication project and
highlights relevant theoretical approaches. It provides a historical, socio-political and …

Conclusion GC risk communication is more complex in reality than what is suggested in
theory. The study highlights that some of the goals of GC are not being met in a South …

This chapter provides detailed evidence of verbal and non-verbal strategies which emerge
in intercultural health interactions when there is no third party or cultural broker present …