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- Title
The Cystic Fibrosis Gene: Medical and Social Implications for Heterozygote Detection.
- Authors
Wilfond, Benjamin S.; Fost, Norman
- Abstract
Analyzes the past experiences and problems with mass screening in the U.S. Assessment of the potential for similar problems in the implementation of carrier screening for cystic fibrosis; Innovation and genetic screening in the country; Stigmatization and discrimination suffered by cystic fibrosis carriers.
- Subjects
UNITED States; CYSTIC fibrosis; MEDICAL screening; DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN chromosome abnormality diagnosis
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 1990, Vol 263, Issue 20, p2777
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1001/jama.1990.03440200081027