Attitudes of pediatric residents toward ethical issues associated with genetic testing in children

Pediatrics

Volumn 110, Issue 2 I, 2002, Pages 360-363

  Rosen, Ami ^a,b,c,d   Wallenstein, Sylvan ^a,b,c   McGovern, Margaret M ^a,b,c  

^a GeneCare Medical Genetics Center   (United States)

^b Departments of Biomathematics   (United States)

^c Human Genetics and Pediatrics   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics; Genetic screening; Genetic testing; Pediatric resident education

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PEDIATRICS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; TRAINING;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BIOETHICS; CHILD; FEMALE; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; PEDIATRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0036335566     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.110.2.360     Document Type: Article

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