Ethical and policy issues in genetic testing and screening of children

Pediatrics

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 620-622

  Ross, Lainie F ^a   Saal, Howard M ^a   Anderson, Rebecca R ^a   David, Karen L ^a  

^a AAP Committee on Bioethics ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Carrier identification; Disclosure; Genetic screening; Genetic testing; Newborn screening; Predictive testing

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ARTICLE; CARRIER TESTING; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIRECT TO CONSUMER TESTING; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TEST; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; NEWBORN SCREENING; PREDICTIVE GENETIC TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; ETHICS; GENETIC COUNSELING; HETEROZYGOTE; INFANT; NEWBORN; PEDIATRICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STANDARDS;

CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PEDIATRICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84874584838     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2012-3680     Document Type: Article

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