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Impact of communicating personalized genetic risk information on perceived control over the risk: A systematic review
Author(s) -
R Collins,
Alison J. Wright,
Theresa M. Marteau
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
genetics in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.509
H-Index - 128
eISSN - 1530-0366
pISSN - 1098-3600
DOI - 10.1097/gim.0b013e3181f710ca
Subject(s) - fatalism , confidence interval , medicine , relative risk , risk assessment , randomized controlled trial , meta analysis , genetic testing , risk perception , personalized medicine , perception , psychology , bioinformatics , biology , philosophy , theology , computer security , neuroscience , computer science
Much concern has been expressed that feedback of personalized genetic risk information may lead to fatalism, i.e., a lack of perceived control over the risk. This review aimed to assess the strength of evidence for such a view.

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