To tell or not to tell: Barriers and facilitators in family communication about genetic risk

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 317-326

  Forrest, Karen ^a   Simpson, S A ^a   Wilson, B J ^a   van Teijlingen, E R ^a   McKee, L ^a   Haites, N ^a   Matthews, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Family communication; Genetic counselling; Hereditary breast and ovarian cancer; Huntington's disease; Presymptomatic predictive testing; Qualitative methods

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FAMILIAL CANCER; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSIBILITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCOTLAND; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 0141921347     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0004.2003.00142.x     Document Type: Article

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