title: Public understanding of medical discovery.
abstract: In February last year, the popular British magazine Woman's Own published an article headed 'Would you take a breast cancer test?'. It suggested that, 'women who have a family history are thought to be more at risk. Now, however, scientists have developed a blood test that can show if we're likely to get cancer. But would you want to know?'.
authors.affiliation: Department of History, Philosophy and Communication of Science, University College London.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Turney
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000523:psychology; D004314:Down Syndrome; D005826:Genetics, Medical / Q000193:education*; D006266:Health Education; D016045:Human Genome Project; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011639:Public Opinion