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

Steve Chaplin

Steve Chaplin

Haemnet, UK
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Kate Khair

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Nov 07, 2021
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Article Category: Community Focus
Published Online: Nov 07, 2021
Page range: 128 - 132
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jhp-2021-0015
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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
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Medicine, Basic Medical Science, Basic Medical Science, other, Clinical Medicine, Clinical Medicine, other, Pharmacy, Pharmacology
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