Who should talk to patients with cancer about genetics?

BMJ

Volumn 314, Issue 7078, 1997, Pages 441-

  Chorley, Wendy ^a   Macdermot, Kay ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CANCER GENETICS; CANCER RISK; HUMAN; LETTER; PATIENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

COMMUNICATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; ONCOLOGIC NURSING;

EID: 0031034727     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.314.7078.441     Document Type: Letter

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