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Communicating genetic test results to the family: a six-step, skills-building strategy.
Family & community health - 1 Oct 2001
Daly M B, Barsevick A, Miller S M, Buckman R, Costalas J, Montgomery S, Bingler R
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As the availability of tests to identify hereditary predisposition to chronic diseases continues to grow, a need has arisen to prepare individuals receiving genetic test results to share this highly sophisticated and value-laden information with other at-risk family members. Responding to this need, a communication skills-building intervention, based on Buckman's model of "Breaking Bad News," was developed for...
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