Genetic risks and healthy choices: Creating citizen-consumers of genetic services through empowerment and facilitation

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 365-381

  Harvey, Alison ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Choice; Empowerment; Facilitation; Foucault; Genetics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; CONSUMER; DECISION MAKING; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOLOGY;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC TESTING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL;

EID: 77954731537     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2009.01202.x     Document Type: Article

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