Unpacking the Blockers: Understanding perceptions and social constraints of health communication in hereditary breast ovarian cancer (HBOC) susceptibility families

Journal of Genetic Counseling

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 450-464

  Peters, June A ^a   Kenen, Regina ^b   Hoskins, Lindsey M ^a   Koehly, Laura M ^c   Graubard, Barry ^a   Loud, Jennifer T ^a   Greene, Mark H ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b The College of New Jersey   (United States)

^c NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Family; Health communication; Hereditary breast ovarian cancer; Social constraint; Social network; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; OVARY TUMOR; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION;

EID: 80052516555     PISSN: 10597700     EISSN: 15733599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10897-011-9370-0     Document Type: Article

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