Working up policy: The use of specific disease exemplars in formulating general principles governing childhood genetic testing

Health Care Analysis

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-13

  Boddington, Paula ^a,c   Hogben, Susan ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CESAGen   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genetic testing; Geneticisation; Huntington's disease; Policy making; Sickle cell disease; Stigma; Tay Sachs' disease

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DISORDER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MEDICAL ETHICS; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; TAY SACHS DISEASE;

CHILD; ETHICS, MEDICAL; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH POLICY; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 33749849388     PISSN: 10653058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10728-006-0007-7     Document Type: Article

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