Facilitating choice, framing choice: Staff views on widening the scope of preimplantation genetic diagnosis in the UK

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1094-1105

  Williams, Clare ^a   Ehrich, Kathryn ^a   Farsides, Bobbie ^b   Scott, Rosamund ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Choice; In vitro fertilisation; Innovative health technologies; Preimplantation genetic diagnosis; Reproductive technologies; Sociology of ethics; UK

Indexed keywords

CANCER; DISEASE TREATMENT; ETHICS; HEALTH RISK;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CONSULTATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DNA DETERMINATION; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL STAFF; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LICENSURE; PREIMPLANTATION DIAGNOSIS; STATE MEDICINE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34547844307     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.04.033     Document Type: Article

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