Maximising the efficiency of clinical screening programmes: Balancing predictive genetic testing with a right not to know

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1124-1128

  Schuurman, Agnes G ^a   Van Der Kolk, Dorina M ^a   Verkerk, Marian A ^a   Birnie, Erwin ^a   Ranchor, Adelita V ^a   Plantinga, Mirjam ^a   Van Langen, Irene M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL SCREENING PROGRAM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT RIGHT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCREENING; ECONOMICS; ETHICS; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEALTH SERVICE; HETEROZYGOTE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; NEOPLASMS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GENETIC TESTING; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HETEROZYGOTE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT RIGHTS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84939265947     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2014.269     Document Type: Article

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