Development of a culturally tailored genetic counseling booklet about hereditary breast and ovarian cancer for black women

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 152, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 836-845

  Permuth Wey, Jennifer ^a,b   Vadaparampil, Susan ^a,c   Rumphs, Alnecia ^d   Kinney, Anita Yeomans ^e   Pal, Tuya ^a,c  

^a H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; BRCA 1 2 mutations; Cultural sensitivity; Educational materials; Genetic counseling

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CULTURAL SENSITIVITY; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; ONCOGENE; OVARY CANCER; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PAMPHLETS; PEDIGREE;

EID: 77950427603     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.33187     Document Type: Article

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