Maintaining Trust in Newborn Screening: Compliance and Informed Consent in the Netherlands

Newborn screening consists of taking a few drops of blood from a baby's heel in the first week of life and testing it for a list of disorders. In the United States and most countries in Europe, newborn screening programs began in the 1960s and 1970s with screening for phenylketonuria (PKU), a r...

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Authors: van der Burg, Simone (Author) ; Verweij, Marcel (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2012
In: The Hastings Center report
Year: 2012, Volume: 42, Issue: 5, Pages: 41-47
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