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Patients' resistance to risk information in genetic counseling for BRCA1/2.

Archives of internal medicine - 14 Mar 2005

Gurmankin Andrea D, Domchek Susan, Stopfer Jill, Fels Christina, Armstrong Katrina

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BACKGROUND: 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...

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PMID: 15767527
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.165.5.523

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BRCA1

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