Women's satisfaction with genetic counseling for hereditary breast-ovarian cancer: Psychological aspects

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 131 A, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 36-41

  Tercyak, Kenneth P ^a,b   DeMarco, Tiffani A ^a   Mars, Bryn D ^a   Peshkin, Beth N ^a,b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic counseling; Genetic testing; Hereditary breast and ovarian cancer; Psychology; Satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; FAMILIAL CANCER; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PROCEDURES; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; ONCOGENE; OVARY CANCER; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RATING SCALE; STRESS;

ADULT; BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUTATION; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SATISFACTION;

EID: 7244257592     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.30317     Document Type: Article

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