On doing 'being ordinary': Women's accounts of BRCA testing and maternal responsibility

New Genetics and Society

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 241-250

  Rowley, Emma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; ONCOGENE; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 38749109242     PISSN: 14636778     EISSN: 14699915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14636770701701774     Document Type: Article

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