Racial differences in testing motivation and psychological distress following pretest education for BRCA1 gene testing

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 8, Issue 4 II, 1999, Pages 361-367

  Lerman, Caryn ^a,b   Hughes, Chanita ^a   Benkendorf, Judith L ^b   Biesecker, Barbara ^c   Kerner, Jon ^a   Willison, Jan ^a   Eads, Nadine ^d   Hadley, Donald ^c   Lynch, John ^d  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAMILY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COUNSELING; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTIVATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENES, BRCA1; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; MOTIVATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0032910698     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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