Ambiguous loss and disenfranchised grief: The impact of DNA predictive testing on the family as a system

Family Process

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 47-57

  Sobel, Susan ^a,b   Cowan, C Brookes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b FLETCHER ALLEN HEALTH CARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; FAMILY; FAMILY HEALTH; FAMILY THERAPY; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; GRIEF; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

CAREGIVERS; COMMUNICATION; DNA; FAMILY; FAMILY HEALTH; FAMILY THERAPY; GENETIC SCREENING; GRIEF; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 0242380654     PISSN: 00147370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1545-5300.2003.00047.x     Document Type: Article

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