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Patients’ Resistance to Risk Information in Genetic Counseling for BRCA1/2

Author(s) -

Andrea D. Gurmankin

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

archives of internal medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1538-3679

pISSN - 0003-9926

DOI - 10.1001/archinte.165.5.523

Subject(s) - risk perception , worry , breast cancer , medicine , genetic counseling , anxiety , family medicine , health care , perception , cancer , psychology , psychiatry , genetics , neuroscience , biology , economics , economic growth

Risk information from health care providers is relevant to and used in nearly all medical decisions. Patients often misunderstand their risks, yet little is known about the risk perception that patients derive from risk communications with health care providers. This study examines patients' risk perceptions following communication with health care providers during genetic counseling about the risks of breast cancer and BRCA1/2 mutations.

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