Using lessons learned from BRCA testing and marketing: What lies ahead for whole genome scanning services

American Journal of Bioethics

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 18-20

  McGowan, Michelle L ^a,c   Fishman, Jennifer R ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; NOTE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL MARKETING; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

GENES, BRCA1; GENES, BRCA2; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; MARKETING OF HEALTH SERVICES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL MARKETING;

EID: 50149109686     PISSN: 15265161     EISSN: 15360075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15265160802248302     Document Type: Note

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