Purpose: Individuals and families dealing with the possibility of hereditary cancer risk face
numerous decisions, including whether to obtain genetic testing. The purpose of this article …

This textbook aims to provide students with a stimulating alternative to the textbooks
currently available by placing the discipline within the context of the social world and …

The genetics community has developed guidelines recommending that predictive testing of
children for adult-onset genetic conditions should be withheld. Genetics policy makers have …

Four theories of health behavior and of stress and coping are reviewed for their ability to
illuminate interest in uptake and outcomes of genetic testing for adult-onset diseases. These …

Purpose DNA mutation testing for breast cancer usually yields an uninformative result, which
is a negative result in the absence of a known BRCA mutation within the family. However …

Limited attention has been given to the impact of BRCA mutation disclosure on participants'
psychological reaction and cancer control compliance. We asked women (290 mutation …

Objectives: It was the aim of this study to determine the depression scores of Machado-
Joseph disease (MJD) patients, their spouses, and individuals at 50% risk for MJD, and …

Background: This study explores the effect of age at the time of parental cancer diagnosis or
death on psychological distress and cancer risk perception in individuals undergoing …

Above all else, predictive genetic testing provides information. Gaining insight into the
psychosocial effects of this information is a primary goal of genetic counseling. For …

Genetic counseling of teenagers is challenging and complex. The ability to think abstractly, a
sense of self and independence from family all develop during adolescence. Predictive …