Pre-counseling education for low literacy women at risk of Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer (HBOC): Patient experiences using the Cancer Risk Education Intervention Tool (CREdIT)

Journal of Genetic Counseling

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 447-462

  Joseph, Galen ^a   Beattie, Mary S ^a,b   Lee, Robin ^a   Braithwaite, Dejana ^b   Wilcox, Carolina ^c   Metrikin, Maya ^a   Lamvik, Kate ^a   Luce, Judith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic Education; Health disparities; Hereditary breast and ovarian cancer; Qualitative Research; Underserved

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OVARY TUMOR; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 78649982627     PISSN: 10597700     EISSN: 15733599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10897-010-9303-3     Document Type: Article

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