Decision-making about genetic testing among women at familial risk for breast cancer

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 459-466

  Jacobsen, Paul B ^a,c   Valdimarsdottir, Heiddis B ^b   Brown, Karen L ^b   Offit, Kenneth ^b  

^a H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Decision making; Genetic testing; Transtheoretical model

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0030863435     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006842-199709000-00001     Document Type: Article

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