Parents' and children's communication about genetic risk: a qualitative study, learning from families' experiences.

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Published in Eur J Hum Genet on February 16, 2011

Authors

Alison Metcalfe1, Gill Plumridge, Jane Coad, Andrew Shanks, Paramjit Gill

Author Affiliations

1: Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery King's College London, London, UK. alison.metcalfe@kcl.ac.uk

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