Women's experience of telehealth cancer genetic counseling

Journal of Genetic Counseling

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 463-472

  Zilliacus, Elvira M ^a,b   Meiser, Bettina ^a,c   Lobb, Elizabeth A ^d,e,f   Kirk, Judy ^g   Warwick, Linda ^h   Tucker, Katherine ^a  

^a PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d Calvary Health Care Sydney   (Australia)

^e CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^h CANBERRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Genetic counseling; Patient satisfaction; Qualitative research; Telegenetics; Telehealth; Telemedicine; Videoconferencing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OVARY TUMOR; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TELEMEDICINE;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMANS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; TELEMEDICINE; WOMEN;

EID: 78650024880     PISSN: 10597700     EISSN: 15733599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10897-010-9301-5     Document Type: Article

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