A national survey of genetic counselors' personal values

Journal of Genetic Counseling

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 763-773

  Pirzadeh, Sara M ^a   McCarthy Veach, Patricia ^b   Bartels, Dianne M ^b   Kao, Juihsien ^b   LeRoy, Bonnie S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics; Genetic counselor personal values; Morality; Nondirectiveness; Value conflicts; Values clarification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MORALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONAL VALUE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SAMPLE SIZE; SCHWARTZ UNIVERSAL VALUE QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

BEHAVIOR; COUNSELING; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION; SOCIAL VALUES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35948932162     PISSN: 10597700     EISSN: 15733599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10897-007-9108-1     Document Type: Article

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