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The ‘good press’ accorded various diseases and their treatment by the medical correspondents of newspapers, magazines, radio and television has increased the awareness, knowledge and, partially, the understanding of medicine by the general public. Whilst raising the level of public acceptance of investigation and treatment, the media have raised the level of public expectation and the need for clear information from hospital and community medical services where illness or disorder affects themselves or their families. The scientific, social, ethical and legal implications of the rapid advances in the fields of genetics and biology have stimulated considerable discussion in the medical and lay press about hereditary disorders and screening procedures.1
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May, E.D. (1977). Parent reaction to medical care and screening. In: Raine, D.N. (eds) Medico-Social Management of Inherited Metabolic Disease. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6173-2_6
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