Is genetic counseling a stressful event?

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1089-1097

  Nordin, Karin ^a,b   Roshanai, Afsaneh ^a   Bjorvatn, Cathrine ^b   Wollf, Katharina ^b   Mikkelsen, Ellen M ^c   Bjelland, Ingvar ^b   Kvale, Gerd ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC COUNSELING; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; OVARY CANCER; PHYSICIAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUESTIONNAIRE; STOMACH CANCER; STRESS;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SCANDINAVIA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 80052880071     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0284186X.2011.604343     Document Type: Article

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