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Published in: Journal of Genetic Counseling 4/2018

01-08-2018 | Letter to Editor

The Contribution of the Reciprocal-Engagement Model as a Theoretical Framework of a Portuguese Scale for Quality Assessment of Genetic Counseling

Authors: C. Costa, M. S. Lemos, Milena Paneque

Published in: Journal of Genetic Counseling | Issue 4/2018

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We read the seminal article “Coming full circle: a reciprocal-engagement model of genetic counseling practice” (McCarthy Veach et al. 2007) that resulted from the process of defining a model of genetic counseling and practice normalization, encompassing contributions from previous models. The Reciprocal-Engagement Model (REM) proposed by the authors served as the theoretical-practical foundations of the recently developed Portuguese scale for quality assessment of genetic counseling (Paneque et al. 2018). …
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Metadata
Title
The Contribution of the Reciprocal-Engagement Model as a Theoretical Framework of a Portuguese Scale for Quality Assessment of Genetic Counseling
Authors
C. Costa
M. S. Lemos
Milena Paneque
Publication date
01-08-2018
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Journal of Genetic Counseling / Issue 4/2018
Print ISSN: 1059-7700
Electronic ISSN: 1573-3599
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10897-018-0275-z

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