Exploring genetic responsibility for the self, family and kin in the case of hereditary raised cholesterol

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1760-1767

  Weiner, Kate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Familial hypercholesterolaemia; Genetic identity; Genetic responsibility; Heart disease; Predictive testing; UK

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEALTH RISK; KINSHIP; POPULATION GENETICS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DIET; FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; FAMILY; FAMILY HISTORY; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; GENETIC RESPONSIBILITY; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPRODUCTION; RESPONSIBILITY; SIBLING; WELFARE;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE II; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958750279     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.03.053     Document Type: Article

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