Parental narratives about genetic testing for hearing loss: A one year follow up study

Journal of Genetic Counseling

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 775-787

  Kaimal, Girija ^a   Steinberg, Annie G ^a   Ennis, Sara ^b   Harasink, Sue Moyer ^c   Ewing, Rachel ^a   Li, Yuelin ^d  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^c ST CHRISTOPHER'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^d MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Deafness; Genetic testing; Hearing loss; Narratives; Parental attitudes; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DISABILITY; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PATIENT REFERRAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCREENING TEST;

ADULT; CHILD; DEAFNESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENETIC COUNSELING; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PARENTS; SIGN LANGUAGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35948965957     PISSN: 10597700     EISSN: 15733599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10897-007-9110-7     Document Type: Article

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