Uncertainty management following a positive newborn screening for cystic fibrosis

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 57-76

  Dillard, James Price ^a   Carson, Christine L ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETICS; GENOME; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REDUCTION; SCREENING TEST; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING;

EID: 14944380847     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730590904580     Document Type: Article

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