Can children and young people consent to be tested for adult onset genetic disorders?

British Medical Journal

Volumn 318, Issue 7190, 1999, Pages 1063-1066

  Dickenson, Donna L ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL GENETICS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILIAL POLYPOSIS; FAMILY; GENE MUTATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENTS; AUTONOMY; CANCER; CASE STUDIES; CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; COMPETENCE; GENETIC SERVICES; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; GREAT BRITAIN; INSTITUTIONAL POLICIES; LATE-ONSET DISORDERS; PARENTAL CONSENT; PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; RISKS AND BENEFITS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENETIC SERVICES; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; PARENTAL CONSENT; PATERNALISM; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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