Role of parenting relationship quality in communicating about maternal BRCA1/2 genetic test results with children

Journal of Genetic Counseling

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 283-287

  DeMarco, Tiffani A ^a   Peshkin, Beth N ^a   Valdimarsdottir, Heiddis B ^b   Patenaude, Andrea F ^c   Schneider, Katherine A ^c   Tercyak, Kenneth P ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

BRCA1 2 testing; Cancer; Children; Family communication; Men

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CHILD CARE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVARY CANCER; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; GENES, BRCA1; GENES, BRCA2; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 44949164571     PISSN: 10597700     EISSN: 15733599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10897-007-9147-7     Document Type: Article

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