Parental attitudes toward ethical and social issues surrounding the expansion of newborn screening using new technologies

Public Health Genomics

Volumn 14, Issue 4-5, 2011, Pages 298-306

  Hasegawa, L E ^a   Fergus, K A ^a   Ojeda, N ^b   Au, S M ^a  

^a HAWAII STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural differences; Ethical issues; Focus group; Informed consent; Metabolic disorders; Newborn screening; Qualitative analysis; Social issues

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NEWBORN SCREENING; ONSET AGE; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; NEONATAL SCREENING; PARENTS;

EID: 79960109910     PISSN: 16624246     EISSN: 16628063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000314644     Document Type: Article

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