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Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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Communicating Cancer Risk Information: The Challenges of Uncertainty.
Bottorff, Joan L.; Ratner, Pamela A.; Johnson, Joy L.; Lovato, Chris Y.; Joab, S. Amanda
Patient Education and Counseling, v33 n1 p67-81 Jan 1998
Accurate and sensitive communication of cancer-risk information is important. Based on a literature review of 75 research reports, expert opinion papers, and clinical protocols, a synthesis of what is known about the communication of cancer-risk information is presented. Relevance of information to those not tested is discussed. (Author/EMK)
Descriptors: Cancer, Counseling, Genetics, Heredity, Interpersonal Communication, Patient Education, Risk, Risk Management
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Note: For related articles, see CG 553 603-605.
