A pre-visit tailored website enhances counselees' realistic expectations and knowledge and fulfils information needs for breast cancer genetic counselling

Familial Cancer

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 85-95

  Albada, Akke ^a   Van Dulmen, Sandra ^a   Lindhout, Dick ^b   Bensing, Jozien M ^a,c   Ausems, Margreet G E M ^b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

BRCA1 2; Communication; Computer tailored; Genetic counselling; Patient education

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SEEKING; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; WEB BROWSER;

ADULT; AGED; BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858279456     PISSN: 13899600     EISSN: 15737292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10689-011-9479-1     Document Type: Article

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