Spiraling out of control: One case of pathologic anxiety as a response to a genetic risk of cancer

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 327-339

  Giarelli, Ellen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cancer; Familial cancer syndrome; Genetic alteration; Multiple endocrine neoplasia 2a; Trichotillomania

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RISK; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; NURSING; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIPPLE SYNDROME; TRICHOTILLOMANIA;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MULTIPLE ENDOCRINE NEOPLASIA; NURSING ASSESSMENT; TRICHOTILLOMANIA;

EID: 0032883968     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002820-199910000-00001     Document Type: Article

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