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The purpose of this project is to contribute empirical data concerning the values, beliefs, and experiences of persons (or family members of persons) with genetic conditions regarding informational…

This project is designed to analyze the adequacy of the Belmont Report's distinction between research and treatment as a basis for informed consent policy especially as it pertains to gene…

The specific aims of this project are: to identify the ethical, legal, and social implications of the HGP from the perspectives of two Native American communities, with particular emphasis on Native…

This renewal project, conducted by a consortium of three universities (University of Michigan, Michigan State University and Tuskegee University) will develop a process for engaging minority…

This project will investigate the nature of disability to articulate, for public policy, the purposes for which emerging testing capabilities ought ethically to be used. To analyze the nature of…

This project will study the role of patient preferences and other factors in choices regarding use of prenatal screening for and diagnosis of chromosomal disorders in a racially/ethnically diverse…

This study will (a) describe the medical, genetic, and carrier knowledge and beliefs in a population of female relatives of individuals with severe type A hemophilia before and after the relatives…

This study employs a critical content analytic approach to ascertain the degree of perfectionist, essentialist and discriminatory social norms associated with the rise in public discourse about…

The two specific aims for the proposed summer genetics program for nursing faculty are: (a) to increase nursing faculty knowledge about human genetics and its clinical application, and b) to increase…

The two specific aims are unchanged for the expanded Genetics Educational Program for Nursing Faculty: a) to increase nursing faculty knowledge about genetics and its clinical application, and b) to…