Stress and Genetic Testing for Disease Risk

Health Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 8-19

  Baum, Andrew ^b   Friedman, Andrea L ^c   Zakowski, Sandra G ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Breast cancer risk; Genetic testing; Perceived risk; Stress; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CAUSALITY; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MALE; MEDICAL FUTILITY; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0030638686     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.16.1.8     Document Type: Article

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