Health first, genetics second: Exploring families' experiences of communicating genetic information

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1329-1335

  Forrest, Laura E ^a,b   Curnow, Lisette ^a   Delatycki, Martin B ^a,b   Skene, Loane ^c   Aitken, Mary Anne ^a,b  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENOLEUKODYSTROPHY; ARTICLE; COMMUNICATING GENETIC INFORMATION; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; EMOTION; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; FAMILY COPING; FAMILY COUNSELING; FAMILY HEALTH; FAMILY INTERACTION; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPROCAL CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; ROBERTSONIAN CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE;

ROBERTSONIA;

EID: 54549096892     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2008.104     Document Type: Article

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