Education about genetic testing for breast cancer susceptibility: Patient preferences for a computer program or genetic counselor

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 24-31

  Green, Michael J ^a,b   McInerney, Aideen M ^c   Biesecker, Barbara B ^c   Fost, Norman ^d  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

BRCA1 BRCA2; Breast cancer; Computers; Genetic counseling; Genetic testing; Genetics education; Informed consent; Patient education

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ADULT; AUDIOVISUAL AIDS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MICROCOMPUTERS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION;

EID: 0035885299     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.1501     Document Type: Article

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