Psychosocial impact of predictive testing for illness on children and families: Challenges for a new millennium

Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 55-68

  Tercyak, Kenneth P ^a   Streisand, Randi ^b   Peshkin, Beth N ^a   Lerman, Caryn ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Communication; Family; Genetic testing; Parent child relations; Parents

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001849560     PISSN: 10689583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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