Utilization of religious coping strategies among african american women at increased risk for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer

Family and Community Health

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 218-227

  Halbert, Chanita Hughes ^a,c,d   Weathers, Benita ^a   Kessler, Lisa ^b   Collier, Aliya ^a   Stopfer, Jill E ^a,c   Domchek, Susan ^b,c  

^a Departments of Psychiatry   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Coping; Family history; Genetic counseling

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; OVARY TUMOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; RELIGION;

EID: 68349135592     PISSN: 01606379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/FCH.0b013e3181ab3b53     Document Type: Article

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