An exploration of attitudes among Black Americans towards psychiatric genetic research

Psychiatry

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 177-194

  Murphy, Eleanor ^a   Thompson, Azure ^b  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE TO MENTAL ILLNESS; CONFIDENTIALITY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL GENETICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PRIVACY;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC RESEARCH; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PSYCHIATRY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH SUBJECTS;

EID: 68049096278     PISSN: 00332747     EISSN: 1943281X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/psyc.2009.72.2.177     Document Type: Article

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