Family medicine, 'La Herencia' and breast cancer; understanding the (dis)continuities of predictive genetics in Cuba

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1784-1792

  Gibbon, Sahra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cuba; Family medicine; Genetics; Health beliefs; Inheritance

Indexed keywords

CANCER; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETICS; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISK; MEDICINE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ARTICLE; BRCA GENE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY GENETICS; CUBA; FAMILY HISTORY; FAMILY MEDICINE; GENDER; GENE; GENETIC RISK; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN GENETICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; CUBA; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

CUBA;

EID: 79958756119     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.09.053     Document Type: Article

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