Australians' knowledge and perceptions of direct-to-consumer personal genome testing

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 27-31

  Savard, J ^a   Mooney Somers, J ^a   Newson, A J ^a   Kerridge, I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Consumer health information; Ethical issue; Predictive genetic testing; Survey methodology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CONSUMER; DIRECT TO CONSUMER PERSONAL GENOME TESTING; FEMALE; GENETIC SERVICE; GENOME ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; YOUNG ADULT;

CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; ETHICAL ISSUE; PREDICTIVE GENETIC TESTING; SURVEY METHODOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC TESTING; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALIZED MEDICINE; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; SELF CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892899201     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/imj.12289     Document Type: Article

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