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“You’re only a carrier” – women and the language of haemophilia Cover

“You’re only a carrier” – women and the language of haemophilia

The Journal of Haemophilia Practice
Volume 8 (2021): Issue 1 (January 2021)
By: Steve Chaplin and  Kate Khair  
Open Access
|Nov 2021

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The language used to describe women who have and are affected by the gene variant for haemophilia impacts the care they receive. Proposals to change this are welcome but using the label ‘carrier’ remains problematic
The language used to describe women who have and are affected by the gene variant for haemophilia impacts the care they receive. Proposals to change this are welcome but using the label ‘carrier’ remains problematic
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jhp-2021-0015 | Journal eISSN: 2055-3390
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Language: English
Page range: 128 - 132
Published on: Nov 7, 2021
Published by: Haemnet Ltd
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
Haemophilia,
women,
carriers,
genetics,
terminology as topic
Related subjects:
Medicine,
Basic medical science,
Basic medical science, other,
Clinical medicine,
Clinical medicine, other,
Pharmacy,
Pharmacology

© 2021 Steve Chaplin, Kate Khair, published by Haemnet Ltd
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

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