Disclosing cancer genetic information within families: Perspectives of counselees and their at-risk relatives

Familial Cancer

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 669-679

  Hayat Roshanai, Afsaneh ^a   Lampic, Claudia ^a,b   Rosenquist, Richard ^c   Nordin, Karin ^a,d  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

At risk relatives; Disclosing genetic information; Genetic counseling; Hereditary cancer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER GENETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILIAL CANCER; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELATIVE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMMUNICATION; FAMILY; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 78650217005     PISSN: 13899600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10689-010-9364-3     Document Type: Article

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