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. 1998 Jun;8(2):161-3.
doi: 10.1353/ken.1998.0012.

Value neutrality and nondirectiveness: comments on "Future directions in genetic counseling

Sonia M Suter

Value neutrality and nondirectiveness: comments on "Future directions in genetic counseling

Sonia M Suter. Kennedy Inst Ethics J. 1998 Jun.

Abstract

Common wisdom in genetic counseling, which is supported by Biesecker, holds that counselors should strive not to influence their clients' decision making. Such a presumption of nondirectiveness is challenged in this commentary.

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