Becoming in-formed: Genetic counselling, ambiguity and choice

Health Care Analysis

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 13-23

  Latimer, Joanna ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dysmorphology; Genetic counselling; Reproductive choice; The clinic

Indexed keywords

AMBIGUITY; CALCULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DECISION MAKING; ETHNOGRAPHY; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SERVICE; INFORMED CONSENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; REPRODUCTION; TERATOLOGY; UNCERTAINTY;

ETHICS, MEDICAL; ETHICS, RESEARCH; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GENETICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED;

EID: 33847345526     PISSN: 10653058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10728-006-0035-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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