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Interactions Between Lay People and Experts Over Risk Management

Counselling uncertainty: genetics professionals’ accounts of (non)directiveness and trust/distrust

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Pages 171-184 | Received 15 Aug 2013, Accepted 20 Dec 2013, Published online: 21 Feb 2014

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