Promissory accounts of personalisation in the commercialisation of genomic knowledge

Communication and Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 53-66

  Arribas Ayllon, Michael ^a   Sarangi, Srikant ^a   Clarke, Angus ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Direct to consumer genetic testing; Neo liberalism; Rhetorical discourse analysis; Translational medicine; Websites

Indexed keywords

ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATERNALISM; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; REPRODUCIBILITY; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALIZED MEDICINE; MARKETING OF HEALTH SERVICES; PATERNALISM; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 80955167911     PISSN: 16121783     EISSN: 16133625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1558/cam.v8i1.53     Document Type: Conference Paper

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