Development of a communication aid to facilitate risk communication in consultations with unaffected women from high risk breast cancer families: A pilot study

Journal of Genetic Counseling

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 393-405

  Lobb, E A ^a,h   Butow, P N ^b   Moore, A ^c   Barratt, A ^d   Tucker, K ^e   Gaff, C ^f   Kirk, J ^g   Dudding, T ^a   Butt, D ^c  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^h EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Familial breast cancer; Risk communication aid

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER FAMILY; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL GENETICIST; CLINICAL GENETICS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSULTATION; CONSUMER; DEPRESSION; EPIDEMIOLOGIST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC COUNSELOR; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LINGUIST; LINGUISTICS; LITERATURE; NORMAL HUMAN; ONCOGENE; ONCOLOGIST; ONCOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PILOT STUDY; POPULATION RISK; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK COMMUNICATION;

AUSTRALIA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; RISK;

EID: 33749847261     PISSN: 10597700     EISSN: 15733599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10897-006-9023-x     Document Type: Article

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