Prescription for prophecy: Confronting the ambiguity of susceptibility testing

JAMA

Volumn 280, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 1535-1536

  Kim, Hyang Nina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; GENE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL GENETICS; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 3643093658     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.280.17.1535-JMS1104-4-1     Document Type: Short Survey

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