In the Absence of Evidentiary Harm, Existing Societal Norms Regarding Parental Authority Should Prevail

American Journal of Bioethics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 24-26

  Strong, Kimberly A ^a   Derse, Arthur R ^a   Dimmock, David P ^a   Zusevics, Kaija L ^a   Jeruzal, Jessica ^a   Worthey, Elizabeth ^a   Bick, David ^a,b   Scharer, Gunter ^a   La Pean Kirschner, Alison ^a   Spellecy, Ryan ^a   Farrell, Michael H ^a   Geurts, Jennifer ^a   Veith, Regan ^b   May, Thomas ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b Children's Hospital of Wisconsin ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; PARENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARD;

DECISION MAKING; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; PARENTS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84897678644     PISSN: 15265161     EISSN: 15360075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15265161.2013.879959     Document Type: Article

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