Dealing with the uncertainty of developing a cancer

European Journal of Cancer Care

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 233-237

  Murphy, Anne Elisabeth ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Counselling; Genetic testing; Nursing experience; Prevention; Psychology; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; NURSING; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS; ONCOLOGIC NURSING;

EID: 0033286980     PISSN: 09615423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2354.1999.00172.x     Document Type: Article

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