Does enhanced information at cancer genetic counseling improve counselees' knowledge, risk perception, satisfaction and negotiation of information to at-risk relatives? a randomized study

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 999-1009

  Roshanai, Afsaneh Hayat ^a   Rosenquist, Richard ^b   Lampic, Claudia ^a,c   Nordin, Karin ^a,d  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CENTER; CANCER GENETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DRUG INFORMATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC COUNSELING; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNICATION; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350071007     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841860903104137     Document Type: Article

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