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Risk and reproductive decisions: British Pakistani couples’ responses to genetic counselling

22 May 2011

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How far does ethnicity/culture/religion mediate couples' responses to genetic risk? This paper examines the responses of 51 British Pakistani couples referred to a genetics clinic in southern England to counselling about recurrence risks for genetic problems in children. It is based on fieldwork conducted between 2000 and 2004 that combined participant observation of genetics consultations with interviews in...

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PMID: 21641705
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.04.011

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