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Do people really know what makes a family history of cancer?

Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy - 1 Dec 2014

Lim Jennifer N W, Hewison Jenny

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BACKGROUND: Family history is often referred to as a family tree in casual everyday conservations, but it carries a different connotation in medicine. This study is the first to investigate people's understanding of 'family medical history' and the concept of 'family' in the context of inherited cancer. METHODS: Three hundred and nine staff at the Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Leeds completed an...

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PMID: 22889133
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-7625.2012.00808.x
PMCID: PMC5060931

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