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ArticleThe American journal of bioethics : AJOB2016

Does Lack of "Genetic-Relative Family Health History" Represent a Potentially Avoidable Health Disparity for Adoptees?

Thomas May, Kimberly A Strong, Kaija L Zusevics, Jessica Jeruzal, Michael H Farrell, Alison LaPean Kirschner, Arthur R Derse, James P Evans, Harold D Grotevant

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Article in The American journal of bioethics : AJOB, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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Thomas Maya HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology and University of California San Francisco.
Kimberly A Strongb Hudson Alpha Institute of Biotechnology.
Kaija L Zusevicsc University of Wisconsin Milwaukee.
Jessica Jeruzald Medical College of Wisconsin.
Michael H Farrelle Aurora University of Wisconsin Medical Group.
Alison LaPean Kirschnerd Medical College of Wisconsin.
Arthur R Dersed Medical College of Wisconsin.
James P Evansf University of North Carolina Chapel Hill.
Harold D Grotevantg University of Massachussetts Amherst.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Many adoptees face a number of challenges relating to separation from biological parents during the adoption process, including issues concerning identity, intimacy, attachment, and trust, as well as (for older adopted children) language and other cultural challenges. One common health challenge faced by adoptees involves lack of access to genetic-relative family health history (GRFHx). Lack of GRFHx represents a disadvantage due to a reduced capacity to identify diseases and recommend appropriate screening for conditions for which the adopted person may be at increased risk. In this article, we draw out common features of traditionally understood "health disparities" in order to identify analogous features in the context of adoptees' lack of GRFHx.

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AdoptionMedical History TakingParentsGeneticsHealth Status DisparitiesHumansRiskgenetics (clinical)health policy

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PMID27901440

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