Anxiety/uncertainty reduction as a motivation for interest in prophylactic oophorectomy in women with a family history of ovarian cancer

Journal of Women's Health and Gender-Based Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 189-199

  Hurley, K E ^a   Miller, S M ^a   Costalas, J W ^a   Gillespie, D ^a   Daly, M B ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MOTIVATION; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY CANCER; PEDIGREE; PERCEPTION; PHOBIA; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS; TELEPHONE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; FEAR; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MOTIVATION; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; OVARIECTOMY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PEDIGREE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0035087746     PISSN: 15246094     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/152460901300039566     Document Type: Article

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