Predictive genetic testing for breast cancer and Huntington's disease: The opinions of midwives and nurses in Flanders

Community Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 104-113

  Welkenhuysen, Myriam ^a   Evers Kiebooms, Gerry ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Guy's St Thomas's Natl Hlth S   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Confidentiality; Huntington's disease; Midwives; Nurses; Predictive genetic testing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER SURGERY; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILIAL CANCER; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MIDWIFE; NURSE; ONSET AGE; PARENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MIDWIFERY; NURSES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0142218921     PISSN: 14222795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000073006     Document Type: Article

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