Attitudes of physicians regarding receiving and storing patients' genetic testing results for cancer susceptibility

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 305-313

  Wasserman, Linda M ^a   Jones, Oliver W ^b   Trombold, John S ^c   Sadler, Georgia R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SCRIPPS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

BRCA1; BRCA2; Genetic privacy; Genetic testing; Insurance discrimination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER FAMILY; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFIDENTIALITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY HISTORY; GENETIC COUNSELING; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL RECORD; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CALIFORNIA; CONFIDENTIALITY; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL RECORDS; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0033861602     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005112410338     Document Type: Article

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