Contesting consent: the challenge to compulsory neonatal screening for PKU

Perspect Biol Med. 1999 Winter;42(2):207-19. doi: 10.1353/pbm.1999.0032.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Empirical Research
  • Ethics, Medical
  • False Negative Reactions
  • False Positive Reactions
  • Freedom
  • Genetic Diseases, Inborn / prevention & control
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Informed Consent* / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Mandatory Programs*
  • Mandatory Testing* / economics
  • Mandatory Testing* / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Moral Obligations
  • Neonatal Screening* / economics
  • Neonatal Screening* / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Parental Consent*
  • Patient Advocacy / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Phenylketonurias / prevention & control*
  • Physician-Patient Relations
  • Risk Assessment*
  • Voluntary Programs*