Communicating brca1/2 genetic test results within the family: A qualitative analysis

Psychology and Health

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1018-1035

  Dancyger, Caroline ^a   Wiseman, Mel ^a   Jacobs, Chris ^b   Smith, Jonathan A ^c   Wallace, Melissa ^a   Michie, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Family communication; Genetic testing; Hereditary breast and ovarian cancer; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OVARY TUMOR; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMMUNICATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENES, BRCA1; GENES, BRCA2; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC TESTING; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; STATE MEDICINE; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052159072     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: 14768321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870446.2010.525640     Document Type: Article

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