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Attitudes towards the sharing of genetic information with at-risk relatives: results of a quantitative survey.

Human genetics - 1 Jan 2016

Heaton Timothy J, Chico Victoria

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To investigate public attitudes towards receiving genetic information arising from a test on a relative, 955 University of Sheffield students and staff were surveyed using disease vignettes. Strength of attitude was measured on whether, in the event of relevant information being discovered, they, as an at-risk relative, would want to be informed, whether the at-risk relative's interest should override proband...

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PMID: 26612611
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-015-1612-z
PMCID: PMC4698294

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