Is informed choice in genetic testing a different breed of informed decision-making? A discussion paper

Health Expectations

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 81-86

  Emery, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision making; Genetic counselling; Genetic testing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CANCER SCREENING; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC OPINION;

GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

DECISION MAKING; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 0035017702     PISSN: 13696513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1369-6513.2001.00124.x     Document Type: Article

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