Juggling roles and expectations: Dilemmas faced by women talking to relatives about cancer and genetic testing

Psychology and Health

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 439-455

  Foster, Claire ^a   Eeles, Rosalind ^b   Ardern Jones, Audrey ^b   Moynihan, Clare ^a   Watson, Maggie ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Communication; Family; Predictive genetic testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 3142767619     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870440410001684168     Document Type: Article

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