What do women really want to know? Motives for attending familial breast cancer clinics

An ever increasing number of women from breast cancer families visit familial cancer clinics for genetic counselling. Because of the comprehensive task of genetic counselling and the increasing numbers of appointments, it is important that the geneticist optimally and efficiently recognises the info...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of medical genetics 2002-06, Vol.39 (6), p.410-414
Hauptverfasser:	van Asperen, C J, van Dijk, S, Zoeteweij, M W, Timmermans, D R M, de Bock, G H, Meijers-Heijboer, E J, Niermeijer, M F, Breuning, M H, Kievit, J, Otten, W
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Age Factors Aged Biological and medical sciences Breast Neoplasms - genetics Breast Neoplasms - psychology communication Demography Educational Status familial breast cancer Family Health Female Genes, BRCA1 Genes, BRCA2 Genetic Counseling genetic counselling Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics Health risk assessment Humans Letter to JMG Mammary gland diseases Mammography Mastectomy Medical sciences Middle Aged Motivation motives Mutation Nuclear Family Tumors Womens health
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Zusammenfassung:	An ever increasing number of women from breast cancer families visit familial cancer clinics for genetic counselling. Because of the comprehensive task of genetic counselling and the increasing numbers of appointments, it is important that the geneticist optimally and efficiently recognises the informational needs that are essential to the counsellee. 2 For the counsellee, it is important that she should receive all the information to make a conscious choice. [...]we studied whether sociodemographic and medical characteristics influence the different motives for genetic counselling.
ISSN:	0022-2593 1468-6244 1468-6244
DOI:	10.1136/jmg.39.6.410