Testing children for adult onset conditions: The importance of contextual clinical judgement

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 531-532

  Lucassen, Anneke ^a   Fenwick, Angela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; NOTE;

ETHICS, MEDICAL; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS;

EID: 84866412287     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: 14734257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/medethics-2012-100678     Document Type: Note

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