Acceptability of telemedicine and other cancer genetic counseling models of service delivery in geographically remote settings

Journal of Genetic Counseling

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 221-228

  McDonald, Eileen ^a   Lamb, Amanda ^a   Grillo, Barbara ^a   Lucas, Lee ^b   Miesfeldt, Susan ^a,b  

^a MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Maine Medical Center Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer genetic counseling; Disparities; Models of service delivery; Rural; Telegenetics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMANS; MAINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NEOPLASMS; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84897112902     PISSN: 10597700     EISSN: 15733599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10897-013-9652-9     Document Type: Article

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