Professional ambivalence: Accounts of ethical practice in childhood genetic testing

Journal of Genetic Counseling

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 173-184

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

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accounts; Genetic counseling; Genetic testing of children; Judgement; Professional ethics; Rhetorical discourse analysis

Indexed keywords

AMBIVALENCE; ARTICLE; CHARACTER; CHILD ADVOCACY; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FAMILY; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN RELATION; HUMAN RIGHTS; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RESPONSIBILITY; SPEECH;

CHILD; ETHICS, PROFESSIONAL; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS;

EID: 62549165132     PISSN: 10597700     EISSN: 15733599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10897-008-9201-0     Document Type: Article

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