Health beliefs of women with and without breast cancer seeking genetic cancer risk assessment

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 372-381

  MacDonald, Deborah J ^a   Sarna, Linda ^b   Uman, Gwen C ^c   Grant, Marcia ^a   Weitzel, Jeffrey N ^a  

^a CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Vital Research LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cancer risk; Family history; Genetic counseling; Health beliefs; Hereditary

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GENETICS; CANCER RISK; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMOTION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC RISK; HEREDITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; NURSING; OVARY CANCER; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CALIFORNIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PEDIGREE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; WOMEN;

EID: 25844503774     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002820-200509000-00006     Document Type: Article

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