Grounded theory in genetic counseling research

Journal of Genetic Counseling

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 233-250

  McAllister, Marion ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genetic counseling; Grounded theory; Qualitative; Research; Theoretical frameworks

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009987839     PISSN: 10597700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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