Psychological Risks of Genetically Testing Children for a Hereditary Cancer Syndrome.

Grosfeld, F. J. M.; Lips, C. J. M.; Beemer, F. A.; van Spijker, H. G.; Brouwers-Smalbraak, G. J.; ten Kroode, H. F. J.

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ERIC Number: EJ576852

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1997

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Psychological Risks of Genetically Testing Children for a Hereditary Cancer Syndrome.

Grosfeld, F. J. M.; Lips, C. J. M.; Beemer, F. A.; van Spijker, H. G.; Brouwers-Smalbraak, G. J.; ten Kroode, H. F. J.

Patient Education and Counseling, v32 n1,2 p63-67 Sep-Oct 1997

Medical considerations about testing and possible psychological consequences for the child and family of genetically testing children are discussed. Risks include distress from ambivalent feelings toward testing, preoccupation with disease-related signs, changes in family interactions, the burdening prospect of a future disease, and medicalization of the carrier child. (Author/EMK)

Descriptors: Cancer, Children, Counseling, Emotional Adjustment, Family Attitudes, Family Health, Genetics, Health Education, Heredity, Patient Education, Risk Management, Stress Variables

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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Note: Special issue: "Genetic Education and Counseling."