An interactive computer program for educating and counseling patients about genetic susceptibility to breast cancer

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 204-208

  Green, Michael J ^a   Fost, Norman ^b  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; COMPACT DISK; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CD-ROM; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER LITERACY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; SOFTWARE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 0031438890     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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