Attitudes toward genetic counseling and prenatal diagnosis among a group of individuals with physical disabilities

Journal of Genetic Counseling

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 137-152

  Chen, Elizabeth A ^a   Schiffman, Judith F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Eugenics; Genetic counseling; Physical disability; Prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL GENETICS; CLINICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; DISABLED PERSON; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL GENETICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; DATA COLLECTION; DISABLED PERSONS; EUGENICS; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMANS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0034092696     PISSN: 10597700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009412025722     Document Type: Article

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