Managing self-responsibility through other-oriented blame: Family accounts of genetic testing

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1521-1532

  Arribas Ayllon, Michael ^a   Sarangi, Srikant ^a   Clarke, Angus ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accounts; Blame; Genetic risk; Genetic testing; Misalignment; Responsibility; Rhetorical discourse analysis; Self other; UK

Indexed keywords

GENETICS; TESTING METHOD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FAMILY DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SCREENING; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORALITY; RESPONSIBILITY; SELF CONCEPT;

ADULT; FAMILY; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; GUILT; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 43049148713     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.12.022     Document Type: Article

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