Open AccessHow Do Women Decide? Accepting or Declining BRCA1/2 Testing in a Nationwide Clinical Sample in the United States
Author(s) -
Pamela Sankar,
Paul Root Wolpe,
Nora L. Jones,
Mildred K. Cho
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
public health genomics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.701
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1662-8063
pISSN - 1662-4246
DOI - 10.1159/000091484
Subject(s) - genetic testing , informed consent , test (biology) , genetic counseling , family medicine , medicine , health care , psychology , alternative medicine , political science , law , paleontology , genetics , pathology , biology
To examine the role of the practitioner, informed consent, and genetic counseling in genetic testing decisions and to assess their relative influence on women's decision to have clinical BRCA1/2 testing.
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