Association between temporal orientation and attitudes about BRCA1/2 testing among women of African descent with family histories of breast cancer

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 276-282

  Edwards, Tiffany A ^a   Thompson, Hayley S ^a   Kwate, Naa Oyo A ^b   Brown, Karen ^a   McGovern, Margaret M ^a   Forman, Andrea ^a   Kapil Pair, Nidhi ^a   Jandorf, Lina ^a   Bovbjerg, Dana H ^a   Valdimarsdottir, Heiddis B ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Black women; BRCA1 2 testing; Breast cancer; Cancer; Health attitudes; Temporal orientation

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN;

ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME PERCEPTION;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENES, BRCA1; GENES, BRCA2; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUTATION; NEW YORK; ORIENTATION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TIME PERCEPTION; WOMEN;

EID: 45649085152     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2008.03.021     Document Type: Article

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