Results of an online community needs assessment for psychoeducational interventions among partners of hereditary breast cancer previvors and survivors

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Tercyak, Kenneth P ^a   Mays, Darren ^a   DeMarco, Tiffani A ^a   Sharff, McKane E ^a   Friedman, Susan ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b FORCE Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Hereditary cancer; Psychoeducation; Psychosocial intervention; Social support

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSES;

EID: 84856249046     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.1847     Document Type: Article

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