Genetic Counselling

Principles of Health Care Ethics: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 427-434

  Clarke, Angus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical genetics and population genetic screening programmes; Ethos, goals and outcomes; Genetic counselling activity and profession; Genetic services privacy, confidentiality, disclosure; Predictive genetic testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 79751504462     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470510544.ch58     Document Type: Chapter

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