Adoption and the communication of genetic risk: Experiences in Huntington disease

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 64-69

  Bombard, Y ^a,b   Semaka, A ^a   Hayden, M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adoption; Communication; Discrimination; Genetic information; Huntington disease

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY HISTORY; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MEDICAL ETHICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOPTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC PRIVACY; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 83355175341     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: 13990004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2010.01614.x     Document Type: Article

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