The development of a cancer genetic-specific measure of coping: The GRACE

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 847-854

  Phelps, C ^a   Bennett, P ^b   Jones, H ^b   Hood, K ^b   Brain, K ^b   Murray, A ^c  

^a Swansea Metropolitan University   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF AND VALE UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer genetics; Coping assessment; Coping strategies; GRACE; Oncology; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER GENETICS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COPING BEHAVIOR; FAMILY; FAMILY COPING; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC RISK ASSESSMENT COPING EVALUATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EMOTIONS; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; MALE; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PAMPHLETS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK; SELF CARE; WALES;

EID: 77955143064     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1629     Document Type: Article

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