Women's perceptions of the personal and family impact of genetic cancer risk assessment: Focus group findings

Journal of Genetic Counseling

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 148-160

  MacDonald, Deborah J ^a   Sarna, Linda ^b   Weitzel, Jeffrey N ^a   Ferrell, Betty ^c  

^a CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Division of Nursing Research and Education   (United States)

Author keywords

Family impact; Focus groups; Genetic counseling; Genetic risk; Hereditary cancer; Risk communication

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; OVARY TUMOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GENES, BRCA1; GENES, BRCA2; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMANS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 77953043381     PISSN: 10597700     EISSN: 15733599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10897-009-9267-3     Document Type: Article

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