Living with genetic test results for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 276-283

  Hamilton, Rebekah ^a,e   Williams, Janet K ^b   Skirton, Heather ^c   Bowers, Barbara J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e M/C 820 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

BRCA; Family System Genetic Illness model; Genetic testing; Grounded theory; Hereditary breast and ovarian cancer; Longitudinal study

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; CANADA; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LIFESTYLE; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY TUMOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CANADA; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC TESTING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LIFE STYLE; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; OVARIECTOMY; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69549133609     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: 15475069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2009.01279.x     Document Type: Article

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