A comparative analysis of ethical and professional challenges experienced by australian and U.S. genetic counselors

Journal of Genetic Counseling

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 379-394

  Alliman, Sarah ^a   McCarthy Veach, Patricia ^b   Bartels, Dianne M ^b   Lian, Fengqin ^b   James, Carolyn ^c   Leroy, Bonnie S ^b  

^a PerkinElmer   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ethical and professional dilemmas; Ethical decision making; Genetic counseling in Australia and the United States; Genetic counselor ethical strategies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONFIDENTIALITY; DATA ANALYSIS; EMOTION; ETHICS; GENETIC COUNSELING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED STATES;

AUSTRALIA; ETHICS, PROFESSIONAL; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMANS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68149122021     PISSN: 10597700     EISSN: 15733599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10897-009-9229-9     Document Type: Article

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