'I don't see any point in telling them': Attitudes to sharing genetic information in the family and carrier testing of relatives among British Pakistani adults referred to a genetics clinic

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 205-224

  Shaw, Alison ^a   Hurst, Jane A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

British Pakistanis; Carrier testing; Disclosure; Families; Family communication; Genetic testing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ETHNIC MINORITY; GENETICS; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMPREHENSION; CONSANGUINITY; FAMILY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PAKISTAN; PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC PRIVACY; GENETIC SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIGRATION; NEWBORN; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PEDIGREE; PREGNANCY; STANDARD;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION; CONSANGUINITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENETIC PRIVACY; GENETIC SCREENING; GREAT BRITAIN; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PAKISTAN; PEDIGREE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 66949164472     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557850802071140     Document Type: Article

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