A Genetic Counseling Intervention to Facilitate Family Communication About Inherited Conditions

Journal of Genetic Counseling

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 814-823

  Gaff, Clara ^a,b,c   Hodgson, Jan ^a,b  

^a MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Family communication; Genetic counseling; Intervention; Model of practice; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

FAMILY; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETICS; HUMAN;

FAMILY; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; HUMANS;

EID: 84894363055     PISSN: 10597700     EISSN: 15733599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10897-014-9696-5     Document Type: Article

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