All in the Family: Barriers and Motivators to the Use of Cancer Family History Questionnaires and the Impact on Attendance Rates

Journal of Genetic Counseling

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 822-832

  Armel, Susan Randall ^a,b   McCuaig, Jeanna ^a,b   Gojska, Nicole ^a   Demsky, Rochelle ^a,b   Maganti, Manjula ^a   Murphy, Joan ^a,b   Rosen, Barry ^a,b  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Family history questionnaire; Genetic counseling; Hereditary breast and ovarian cancer; Service utilization

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETICS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDS;

FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MOTIVATION; NEOPLASMS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84941421861     PISSN: 10597700     EISSN: 15733599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10897-014-9813-5     Document Type: Article

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