Role of the genetic counselor in familial cancer

ONCOLOGY

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 159-166+175

  Peters, June A ^a   Stopfer, Jill E ^b  

^a NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANAMNESIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FAMILIAL CANCER; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETICS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; NEOPLASM; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; DNA, NEOPLASM; GENETIC COUNSELING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES, HEREDITARY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0030074671     PISSN: 08909091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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