The Hastings Center Report · 1999 · 51 citations · 0 references
It is widely thought that genetic counselors should work with parents\n"nondirectively": they should keep parents informed and support their\ndecisions. But this view misconceives human decisionmaking by failing to\nrecognize that value choices are constructed within and constrained by a\ncommunity. Acknowledging that decisions involve interaction with and\nresponsibility toward others leads to a "dialogical" model of counseling, in\nwhich genetic counselors may question and quide parents' decisions.