Tailoring communication in consultations with women from high risk breast cancer families

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 502-508

  Lobb, E A ^a   Butow, P N ^a   Meiser, B ^b,h   Barratt, A ^a   Gaff, C ^c,d   Young, M A ^e   Kirk, J ^f   Suthers, G K ^g   Tucker, K ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^f WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^h PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Consultant communication; Familial breast cancer; Predictors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSULTATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILIAL CANCER; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY CANCER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRAINING;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMMUNICATION; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EMOTIONS; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MASTECTOMY; NEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES, HEREDITARY; OCCUPATIONS; OVARIECTOMY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK; SAMPLING STUDIES; TAPE RECORDING; WOMEN;

EID: 0037183679     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6600484     Document Type: Article

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