Barriers to genetic testing for breast cancer risk among ethnic minority women: An exploratory study

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 267-273

  Glenn, Beth A ^a   Chawla, Neetu ^a   Bastani, Roshan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers; BRCA1 2; Breast cancer; Ethnic minorities; Genetic testing; Oncology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVOR; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PRIVACY; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OVARY CANCER; RACISM; RELATIVE; RISK REDUCTION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; BREAST TUMOR; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; ETHNOLOGY; GENETICS; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; OVARY TUMOR; PERCEPTION; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GENETIC PRIVACY; GENETIC TESTING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PERCEPTION; PREJUDICE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84866888895     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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