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The diffusion of a mass genetic screening programme

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

David V. McQueen
David V. McQueen
Affiliation:
Johns Hopkins University, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Department of Behavioral Sciences, 615 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Summary

This paper reports the diffusion of knowledge of screening for a genetic disorder (Tay–Sachs disease) in two fairly well defined, urban, Jewish populations in the Baltimore and Washington metropolitan areas, and on some of the sociological variables which influence the diffusion. Differences between the two populations are shown.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 10 , Issue 3 , July 1978 , pp. 287 - 297
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1978

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