Incorporating the contextual assessment approach to regimens used in genetic family studies

Genetics in Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 451-463

  Arar, Nedal H ^a,b   Plaetke, Rosemarie ^a   Arar, Mazen Y ^a   Kasinath, Balakuntalam S ^a   Abboud, Hanna E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

Contextual Assessment Approach; Ethical issues; Genetic family studies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTEXTUAL ASSESSMENT APPROACH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; ETHICS; FAMILY ATTITUDE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; RESEARCH; RESEARCH ETHICS; RESEARCH SUBJECT;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

ETHICS, RESEARCH; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH; RESEARCH SUBJECTS;

EID: 0038014154     PISSN: 10983600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00125817-200211000-00010     Document Type: Article

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