A whisper-game perspective on the family communication of DNA-test results: A retrospective study on the communication process of BRCA1/2-test results between proband and relatives

Familial Cancer

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 87-96

  Vos, Joël ^a   Menko, Fred ^b   Jansen, Anna M ^a   Van Asperen, Christi J ^a   Stiggelbout, Anne M ^a   Tibben, Aad ^a,c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

BRCA1 2; Familytherapy; Genetic counselling; Oncology; Psychology; Risk perception

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; DNA SCREENING; FAMILY HEALTH; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE;

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMMUNICATION; DNA, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC TESTING; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MUTATION; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79951852520     PISSN: 13899600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10689-010-9385-y     Document Type: Article

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