Evaluation of the needs of spouses of female carriers of mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 464-469

  Metcalfe, K A ^a   Liede, A ^a   Trinkaus, M ^a   Hanna, D ^a   Narod, Steven A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

BRCA; BRCA1; BRCA2; Husbands; Needs assessment; Spouses

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DISEASE CARRIER; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DYING; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COUNSELING; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPOUSE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENES, BRCA1; GENES, BRCA2; GENETIC SCREENING; HETEROZYGOTE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPOUSES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0036953751     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0004.2002.620607.x     Document Type: Article

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