Family communication about genetic risk information: Particular issues for Duchenne muscular dystrophy

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 152, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1225-1232

  Plumridge, Gillian ^a   Metcalfe, Alison ^a   Coad, Jane ^b   Gill, Paramjit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavior; Duchenne muscular dystrophy; Family communication; Family systems theory; Sibling; X linked

Indexed keywords

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COPING BEHAVIOR; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DISEASE CARRIER; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; FAMILY INTERACTION; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MALE; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIBLING; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; COMMUNICATION; CONFIDENTIALITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS;

EID: 77951735890     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.33364     Document Type: Article

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