Counseling Prenatal Diagnosis Patients: The Role of the Social Worker.

Authors :: Fertel, Patricia E.
Reiss, Rosemary E.
Source :: Fundamentals of Perinatal Social Work: A Guide for Clinical Practice with Women, Infants & Families; 1997, p47-63, 17p
Publication Year :: 1997
Abstract: In the 1990s, new techniques and therapies for fetal problems continue to develop. Prenatal technology now provides information regarding unborn children which can sometimes be negative. This paper addresses the counseling techniques and therapeutic approaches perinatal social workers can use when dealing with parents who are confronted by hard choices regarding their pregnancies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Subjects :: PRENATAL diagnosis
OBSTETRICAL diagnosis
FETUS
COUNSELING
SOCIAL workers
SOCIAL services

Language :: English
ISBNs :: 9780789000491
Database :: Supplemental Index
Journal :: Fundamentals of Perinatal Social Work: A Guide for Clinical Practice with Women, Infants & Families
Publication Type :: Book
Accession number :: 21700858

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