Issues of consent and feedback in a genetic epidemiological study of women with breast cancer

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 93-96

  Richards, M P M ^a   Ponder, M ^a   Pharoah, P ^a   Everest, S ^a   Mackay, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GENETICS; CANCER RESEARCH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PROCEDURES; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT INFORMATION; QUESTIONNAIRE;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONFIDENTIALITY; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; MUTATION; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SATISFACTION;

EID: 0037397542     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.29.2.93     Document Type: Article

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