Cooperation has become a standard-component in the meantime if it is about the insertion of structure-improving measures in the public health. But Problems occur in particular if the borders of the vocational activity have to be crossed with it. Prenatal-diagnostic measures as potentially conflictful psychosocial burden-situations, that take their starting point at medical actions, show very clear, that it is not only helpful but even absolutely necessary that different professions work together. However this is still the exception. The aim, standing behind these efforts, is always the creation of an integral, low-thresholded care--and support-offer for the concerned women and their partners. In the present work some important conditions for cooperation from the theory will be named, central obstacles for the build-up of cooperation described and already existing initiatives in the area of prenatal diagnostics introduced.

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[Typical counseling processes in prenatal diagnosis--an explorative study].

A qualitative study is presented, investigating the subjective experiences of counsellors in consulting pregnant women expecting a child with genetic defects. The aim of the study was an exploration of consultation criteria that were used in these consultations, to systematically expand the currently used theoretical based consultation concepts by the perspectives of those involved in the consultation process. The study is part of a collaborative study, dealing with the development of consultation criteria for pregnant women. Data consist of extensive written consultation transcripts, describing typical case setting at different time points during a consultation process. We used a content-analytical approach to systematically categorize the variety of single topics mentioned in these transcripts. Typical consultation settings at different time points during consultation were compared. Data are presented using illustrated text material.

Abortion, Eugenic↗