Psychological adjustment among partners of women at high risk of developing breast/ovarian cancer

Genetics in Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 311-320

  Mireskandari, Shab ^a,b,c   Sherman, Kerry A ^a   Meiser, Bettina ^b,d   Taylor, Alan J ^a   Gleeson, Margaret ^e   Andrews, Lesley ^b   Tucker, Katherine M ^b,c  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e Hunter Family Cancer Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognitive social health information processing (C SHIP) model; Couples; Hereditary breast ovarian cancer; Partners; Psychological adjustment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY CANCER; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPOUSE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEW SOUTH WALES; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 34249027672     PISSN: 10983600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GIM.0b013e3180534293     Document Type: Article

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