How do geneticists and genetic counselors counsel women from high-risk breast cancer families?

Journal of Genetic Counseling

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 185-199

  Lobb, Elizabeth ^a   Butow, Phyllis ^a   Meiser, Bettina ^b   Tucker, Katherine ^b   Barratt, Alexandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Familial breast ovarian cancer; Genetic counseling; Genetic counselors geneticists perceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010339273     PISSN: 10597700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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