Newborn screening policy in the United Kingdom & the United States: Two different communities of practice

MCN The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 164-168

  Patch, Christine ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mass screening; Newborn screening; Nursing; Phenylketonuria

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHICS; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT WELFARE; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ETHICS, MEDICAL; ETHICS, NURSING; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEONATAL SCREENING; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746621197     PISSN: 0361929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005721-200605000-00007     Document Type: Review

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