Canaries in the coal mine: Personal and professional impact of undergoing whole genome sequencing on medical professionals

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 167, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 2647-2656

  Zierhut, Heather ^a   McCarthy Veach, Patricia ^a   LeRoy, Bonnie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Motivations; Personal and professional benefits; Risks; Whole genome sequencing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COAL MINING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TECHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MOTIVATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SYMPOSIUM; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING; DNA SEQUENCE; HEALTH; HUMAN GENOME; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENOME, HUMAN; HEALTH; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84947037594     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.37262     Document Type: Article

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