Clinical geneticists' and genetic counselors' views on the communication of genetic risks: A qualitative study

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 42-49

  Henneman, Lidewij ^a   Marteau, Theresa M ^b   Timmermans, Danielle R M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical genetics; Genetic counseling; Genetic risk; Risk communication; Risk formats

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL GENETICS; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAINING;

COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MALE; NETHERLANDS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 50249171671     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2008.05.009     Document Type: Article

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