Patient interest in recording family histories of cancer via the Internet

Genetics in Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 895-902

  Simon, Christian ^a,e   Acheson, Louise ^a,b   Burant, Christopher ^b   Gerson, Nancy ^a   Schramm, Sarah ^a   Lewis, Susan ^a   Wiesner, Georgia ^a,b,c,d  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Center for Human Genetics   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Family history; Internet

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PRIVACY; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPUTER LITERACY; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OHIO; PATIENT ACCESS TO RECORDS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; WOMEN;

EID: 58149213878     PISSN: 10983600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GIM.0b013e31818de708     Document Type: Article

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