Genetic Counselors’ Perspectives and Practices Regarding Expanded Carrier Screening after Initial Clinical Availability

Journal of Genetic Counseling

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 395-404

  Lazarin, Gabriel A ^a   Detweiler, Stacey ^b   Nazareth, Shivani B ^a   Ashkinadze, Elena ^b  

^a Counsyl ^*  (United States)

^b ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Beliefs; Clinical practice; Expanded carrier screening; Genetic counselor; Recessive disease; Reproductive genetics; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SURVEY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC TESTING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84961204098     PISSN: 10597700     EISSN: 15733599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10897-015-9881-1     Document Type: Article

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