The 'decision trap': How genetic counselling transforms pregnant women into managers of foetal risk profiles

Gendered Risks

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 55-74

  Samerski, Silja ^a  

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EID: 84895088434     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203940556     Document Type: Chapter

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