Newborn screening and maternal diagnosis: Rethinking family benefit

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1014-1018

  Buchbinder, Mara ^a   Timmermans, Stefan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefit; Genetic screening; Genetic technologies; Health and families; Maternal health; Newborn screening; USA

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; CHILD HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH IMPACT; MATERNAL HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR;

ARTICLE; ETHNOGRAPHY; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; FAMILY SERVICE; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEWBORN SCREENING; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEONATAL SCREENING;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052684084     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.06.062     Document Type: Article

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