Patients' attitudes about autonomy and confidentiality in genetic testing for breast-ovarian cancer susceptibility

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 296-303

  Benkendorf, Judith L ^a   Reutenauer, Jeri E ^b   Hughes, Chanita A ^b   Eads, Nadine ^c   Willison, Jan ^b   Powers, Madison ^d   Lerman, Caryn ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomy; BRCA1 2 testing; Confidentiality; Patients' attitudes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CAUCASIAN; CONFIDENTIALITY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; OVARY CANCER; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONFIDENTIALITY; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FREEDOM; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0030698207     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19971219)73:3<296::AID-AJMG13>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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