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Genetic risks and healthy choices: creating citizen-consumers of genetic services through empowerment and facilitation.
Sociology of health & illness - 1 Mar 2010
Harvey Alison
Abstract excerpt
Genetic testing to identify susceptibility to a variety of common complex diseases is increasingly becoming available. In this article, focusing on the development of genetic susceptibility testing for diet-related disease, I examine the emergence of direct-to-the-consumer genetic testing services and the (re)configuration of healthcare provision, both within and outside the specialist genetics service, in the...
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