Psycho-social counselling in predictive genetic testing for cancer: the association between number of supportive sessions and client characteristics as assessed by psycho-social workers.

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Given the increased demand on genetic services, it is important to identify clients who may require relatively more extensive psychosocial support. This paper describes which client characteristics, as assessed in the first psycho-social counselling session, were associated with requiring relatively more psycho-social support (> or = 3 sessions) in the process of predictive testing for cancer. The study...

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