Normative and Pragmatic Dimensions of Genetic Counseling - Negotiating Genetics and Ethics (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)

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.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Philosophy and Medicine, 124
Release date:	October 2016
First published:	2016
Authors:	Joseph B. Fanning
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	151
Edition:	1st ed. 2016
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-44928-9
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > General Books > Medicine > General issues > Medical ethics Books > Medicine > Pre-clinical medicine: basic sciences > Medical genetics Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Bio-ethics
LSN:	3-319-44928-1
Barcode:	9783319449289

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