Why me? Why not me?

Journal of Genetic Counseling

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 461-463

  Valverde, Kathleen D ^a  

^a ARCADIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BRCA testing; Identity loss; Motherless daughters; Receiving true negative results; Survivor guilt

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRCA GENE; BREAST CANCER; EMOTION; FAMILY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMAN; MOTHER; ONCOGENE; OVARY CANCER;

ADULT; FEMALE; GENES, BRCA1; GUILT; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; POINT MUTATION; SELF CONCEPT; SURVIVORS;

EID: 33845456059     PISSN: 10597700     EISSN: 15733599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10897-006-9055-2     Document Type: Article

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