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Misuse (and abuse?) of the Concept of Empowerment. The Case of Online Offer of Predictive Direct-to-consumer Genetic Tests

Using the field of direct-to-consumer genetic tests as a case in point, this paper argues against the misuse of the term empowerment, and calls for a regulation of its usage. The misleading assumption under certain current usages of the concept of empowerment is that it is enhanced by the provision...

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Autores principales: Covolo, Loredana, Rubinelli, Sara, Orizio, Grazia, Gelatti, Umberto
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PAGEPress Publications 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4140321/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25170440
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/jphr.2012.e3