Resignifying the sickle cell gene: Narratives of genetic risk, impairment and repair

Health (United Kingdom)

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 171-188

  Berghs, Maria ^a   Dyson, Simon M ^b   Atkin, Karl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

and risk; carrier; disability; ethnicity; genetic; sickle cell

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BLACK PERSON; CARIBBEAN; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROCEDURES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SICKLE CELL TRAIT; UNITED KINGDOM; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CARIBBEAN REGION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; MALE; NARRATION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; SICKLE CELL TRAIT; STATE MEDICINE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85015249814     PISSN: 13634593     EISSN: 14617196     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363459315595850     Document Type: Article

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