Reassurance through surveillance in the face of clinical uncertainty: The experience of women at risk of familial breast cancer

Health Expectations

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 263-273

  Parsons, Evelyn P ^a   Beale, Valerie ^a   Bennett, Helen ^a   Jones, Jo ^a   Lycett, Emma J ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Familial breast cancer; Reassurance; Risks; Surveillance; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PREVENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; FAMILIAL CANCER; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0033755741     PISSN: 13696513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1369-6513.2000.00097.x     Document Type: Article

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