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Predictive Genetic Testing of Children for Adult‐Onset Conditions: Negotiating Requests with Parents

28 Sept 2016

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Healthcare professionals (HCPs) regularly face requests from parents for predictive genetic testing of children for adult-onset conditions. Little is known about how HCPs handle these test requests, given that guidelines recommend such testing is deferred to adulthood unless there is medical benefit to testing before that time. Our study explored the process of decision-making between HCPs and parents....

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PMID: 27680566
DOI: 10.1007/s10897-016-0018-y

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