Wrestling with the Future: Should We Test Children for Adult-Onset Genetic Conditions?

Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 111-130

  Cohen, Cynthia B ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ALTRUISM; ANALYTICAL APPROACH; ARTICLE; BENEFICENCE; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; FAMILY RELATION; FREEDOM; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LIVING WILL; MANAGEMENT; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL STRESS; ONSET AGE; PARENT; PARENTAL CONSENT; PATIENT CARE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TIME; UNCERTAINTY;

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; ALTRUISM; BENEFICENCE; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FREEDOM; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MENTAL COMPETENCY; PARENTAL CONSENT; PARENTS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; POLICY MAKING; PREJUDICE; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; STEREOTYPING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; THIRD-PARTY CONSENT; TIME FACTORS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 0032085733     PISSN: 10546863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/ken.1998.0014     Document Type: Article

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