How daughters of women with breast cancer cope with the threat of the illness.

Abstract excerpt

Coping strategies and attitudes toward medical treatment of 45 daughters of women who had had breast cancer were compared with strategies (sense of coherence) and attitudes on a health opinion survey of 51 women with no such family history who were referred to a breast health clinic in northern I...

Topics

• Adaptation, Psychological
• Adult
• Breast Neoplasms
• Female
• Genetic Predisposition to Disease
• Humans
• Internal-External Control
• Israel
• Middle Aged
• Patient Acceptance of Health Care
• Patient Participation
• Referral and Consultation