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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...
Autores principales: | Covolo, Loredana, Rubinelli, Sara, Orizio, Grazia, Gelatti, Umberto |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |
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