Moral direction in genetic counseling: Prenatal testing and Huntington's disease

Families, Systems and Health

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 75-86

  Stone, Howard W ^a   Miles, Rebekah ^a  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRENATAL SCREENING; REVIEW;

EID: 0032897318     PISSN: 10917527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0089887     Document Type: Review

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