Community engagement with genetics: Public perceptions and expectations about genetics research

Health Expectations

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1413-1425

  Etchegary, Holly ^a   Green, Jane ^b   Parfrey, Patrick ^b   Street, Catherine ^b   Pullman, Daryl ^b  

^a Eastern Health Canada   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community consultation; Genetics; Genomics; Public engagement

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSUMER; ETHICS; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; POLICY; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; GENETIC RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; PUBLIC OPINION; PUBLIC POLICY; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84942292495     PISSN: 13696513     EISSN: 13697625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/hex.12122     Document Type: Article

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