Mexican geneticists' opinions on disclosure issues

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 321-329

  Lisker, Rubén ^a,c   Carnevale, Alessandra ^a   Villa, Jose Antonio ^a   Armendares, Salvador ^a   Wertz, Dorothy C ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Confidentiality; Disclosure issues; Ethics; Mexican geneticists; Patient privacy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CLINICAL GENETICS; CONFIDENTIALITY; GENETIC RISK; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEXICO; PATERNITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTICULAR FEMINIZATION;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONFIDENTIALITY; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMANS; MEXICO; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 0031725174     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0004.1998.5440410.x     Document Type: Article

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