Limited relevance of the right not to know-reflections on a screening study

Accountability in Research

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 197-209

  Helgesson, Gert ^a   Eriksson, Stefan ^a   Swartling, Ulrica ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Children; Health; Population screening; Right not to know

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIOETHICS; CHILD; HUMAN; INFANT; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIOETHICS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEONATAL SCREENING; PARENTS; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 34848826503     PISSN: 08989621     EISSN: 15455815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08989620701456322     Document Type: Article

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