Patient decision-making for clinical genetics: Feature

Nursing Inquiry

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 13-22

  Anderson, Gwen ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Family systems; Genetics; Phenomenology; Risk communication

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; FEAR; FEMALE; GENETIC SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MORALITY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PARENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; THINKING; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; FEAR; FEMALE; GENETIC SERVICES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MORALS; NARRATION; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PARENTS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; THINKING;

EID: 33846940918     PISSN: 13207881     EISSN: 14401800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1800.2007.00349.x     Document Type: Review

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