Lay and professional understandings of research and clinical activities in cancer genetics and their implications for informed consent

AJOB Primary Research

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 25-34

  Hallowell, Nina ^a   Parry, Sarah ^a   Cooke, Sarah ^a   Crawford, Gill ^b   Lucassen, Anneke ^b   Parker, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79958799697     PISSN: 21507716     EISSN: 21507724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21507716.2010.492717     Document Type: Article

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