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Patients-in-waiting: Living between sickness and health in the genomics era.

Journal of health and social behavior - 1 Dec 2010

Timmermans Stefan, Buchbinder Mara

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What are the social consequences of the recent expansion of newborn screening in the United States? The adoption of new screening technologies has generated diagnostic uncertainty about the nature of screening targets, making it unclear not only whether a newborn will develop a disease but also w...

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PMID: 21131618
DOI: 10.1177/0022146510386794

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