Discover Community Create You

Loading publication...

Noodle always counts identifier-free feature events for service operation. With your permission, Google Analytics can also estimate audience and engagement. Search text, publication identifiers, cookies, IP addresses and browser fingerprints are never included in Noodle's first-party event counters.

Privacy details

Article

Families dealing with the uncertainty of genetic disorders: the case of Neurofibromatosis Type 1.

Sociology of health & illness - 1 Jun 2016

Carrieri Daniele, Farrimond Hannah, Kelly Susan, Turnpenny Peter

Abstract excerpt

Some scholars contend that genetic medicine is transforming the experience of illness and the social category of the family - bringing future risks into the present, and potentially strengthening familial biological bonds in light of these shared genetic risks. However, research has shown that genetic information is interpreted and acted upon through a rich repertoire of adaptable social, cultural and familial...

Read the complete abstract on PubMed

Topics

Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.

Share to Genetic Counseling
Share to Genetic Predisposition to Disease

Methodology Data sources Editorial policy Privacy About Contact Helena Bioinformatics

Share to Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice

Share to Neurofibromatosis 1

Share to Uncertainty

Source

Identifiers

PMID: 26864895
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.12401

Provenance

PubMed metadata and Literature Corpus relationships. Corpus snapshot updated 5 Sept 2026. Manifest publication-graph-cohort-2026-09-05.1.

Source receipt: pubmed, retrieved 5 Sept 2026.

Related research

Semantic proximity does not establish scientific evidence.

Research trail→

Click a neighbor to travelStep 1 · 12 closest

Families dealing with the uncertainty of genetic disorders: the case of Neurofibromatosis Type 1.PMID 26864895Read ↗

Managing Uncertainty for and With Family: Communication Strategies and Motivations in Familial Uncertainty Management for Hereditary Cancer.Semantic proximity Read ↗

Kinscapes, timescapes and genescapes: families living with genetic risk.Semantic proximity Read ↗

Genetic testing and family entanglements.Semantic proximity Read ↗

Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1): knowledge, experience, and reproductive decisions of affected patients and families.Semantic proximity Read ↗

Postgenomics, uncertain futures, and the familiarization of susceptibility genes.Semantic proximity Read ↗

“I Felt Like a Lone Ranger”: Experiences of Australian Families Living with KIF1A-Associated Neurological DisorderSemantic proximity Read ↗

If three of my brothers have ankylosing spondylitis, why does the doctor say it is not necessarily hereditary? The meaning of risk in multiplex case families with ankylosing spondylitis.Semantic proximity Read ↗

Genetic Testing and the FamilySemantic proximity Read ↗

Different concepts and models of information for family-relevant genetic findings: comparison and ethical analysis.Semantic proximity Read ↗

The social life of genetic knowledge: a case-study of choices and dilemmas in cancer genetic counselling in Denmark.Semantic proximity Read ↗

When it runs in the family: putting susceptibility genes in perspectiveSemantic proximity Read ↗

Family, kinship, memory and temporality in the age of the new genetics.Semantic proximity Read ↗

⌁Select a neighboring publication to make it the new centre.