Communication in Genetic Counseling: Cognitive and Emotional Processing

Health Communication

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 667-675

  Ellington, Lee ^a   Kelly, Kimberly M ^b   Reblin, Maija ^a   Latimer, Seth ^a   Roter, Debra ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; COGNITION; EMOTION; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETICS; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVARY TUMOR; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TEACHING; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AMNIOCENTESIS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COGNITION; COMMUNICATION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SIMULATION; PREGNANCY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84857099865     PISSN: 10410236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2011.561921     Document Type: Article

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