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My appreciation to Dr. Cecil Jacobson and the George Washington University Medical School for opening the genetics counseling unit for my study, and to the Fogarty International Center of the National Institutes of Health for funding the study.
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Fletcher, J. Moral problems in genetic counseling. Pastoral Psychol 23, 47–60 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02032711
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02032711