The need for anonymous genetic counseling and testing

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 393-397

  Mehlman, Maxwell J ^a   Kodish, Eric D ^b   Whitehouse, Peter ^b   Zinn, Arthur B ^b   Sollitto, Sharmon ^b   Berger, Joshua ^b   Chiao, Emmeline J ^b   Dosick, Melissa S ^b   Cassidy, Suzanne B ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LAW; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY;

ANONYMOUS TESTING; CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; GENETIC INFORMATION; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; LATE-ONSET DISORDERS; MINORS; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; UNITED STATES;

ANONYMOUS TESTING; CONFIDENTIALITY; ETHICS, MEDICAL; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENETIC PRIVACY; GENETIC SCREENING; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MINORS;

EID: 0030070408     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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