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Concerns and coping during cancer genetic risk assessment

P Bennett, C Phelps, J Hilgart, K Hood, K Brain, A Murray, Paul Bennett

Psycho-Oncology, Volume: 21, Issue: 6, Pages: 611 - 617

Swansea University Author: Paul Bennett

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DOI (Published version): 10.1002/pon.1938

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<div class="para"><p><em>Objective</em>: To gain an ‘in-depth’ understanding of patients' concerns and their related coping strategies during the genetic risk assessment process.</p></div>&...

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ISSN: 1057-9249
Published: wiley 2012
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