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Women receiving news of a family BRCA1/2 mutation: messages of fear and empowerment.

Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing - 1 Dec 2010

Crotser Cheryl B, Dickerson Suzanne S

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PURPOSE: Communication of genetic test results to healthy at-risk family members is complicated considering family dynamics and the complexity of cancer genetics. The purpose of this study was to understand the experience of family communication of BRCA1/2 results from the perspective of young and middle-aged women receiving the news. THEORETICAL RATIONALE: Individuals are self-interpretive beings influenced by...

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PMID: 21091619
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2010.01366.x

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