How young people find out about their family history of Huntington's disease

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1892-1900

  Forrest Keenan, Karen ^a   van Teijlingen, Edwin ^a,b   McKee, Lorna ^a   Miedzybrodzka, Zosia ^a   Simpson, Sheila A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Family communication; Genetic risk; Huntington's disease; Scotland; UK; Young people

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISK; HERITABILITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RISK FACTOR; YOUNG POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FAMILY COUNSELING; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 65249146650     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.02.049     Document Type: Article

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