Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 46, Issue 1 , Pages 27-33 , January 2005

Employees' perspectives on ethically important aspects of genetic research participation: a pilot study

  • Laura Weiss Roberts

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 414 456 8990; fax: +1 414 456 6299.
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  • Teddy D. Warner

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, NM 87131, USA
    • ,
  • Cynthia M.A. Geppert

      Affiliations

    • University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Institute for Ethics, NM 87131, USA
    • ,
  • Melinda Rogers

      Affiliations

    • Healthcare for Homeless, Albuquerque, NM 87125, USA
    • ,
  • Katherine A. Green Hammond

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, NM 87131, USA

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doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2004.07.021

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 46, Issue 1 , Pages 27-33 , January 2005

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