Translations of risk: Decision making in a cancer genetics service

Health, Risk and Society

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 185-198

  Wood, Fiona ^a   Prior, Lindsay ^a   Gray, Jonathon ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Decision making; Genetics; Risk

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CANCER GENETICS; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EXPERIENCE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD;

EID: 0038388304     PISSN: 13698575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369857031000123957     Document Type: Article

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