Specific psychosocial issues of individuals undergoing genetic counseling for cancer - A literature review

Journal of Genetic Counseling

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 133-146

  Eijzenga, Willem ^a   Hahn, Daniela EE ^a   Aaronson, Neil K ^a   Kluijt, Irma ^a   Bleiker, Eveline MA ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Genetic counseling; Genetic testing; Hereditary cancer; Meta ethnographic; Psychosocial issues; Review

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84897111710     PISSN: 10597700     EISSN: 15733599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10897-013-9649-4     Document Type: Review

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