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• Title:Genetic testing for cancer : psychological approaches for helping patients and families / Andrea Farkas Patenaude ; foreword by Francis S. Collins.
  
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• Author/Creator:Patenaude, Andrea Farkas.
  
• Published/Created:Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, ©2005.
  

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  • Location:BMB LIBRARY (VGH) stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: QZ200 .P2945 2005
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: QZ200 .P2945 2005
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Cancer--Genetic aspects--Psychological aspects.
  Genetic screening--Psychological aspects.
  Genetic counseling.
  
• Medical Subjects: Neoplasms--genetics.
  Neoplasms--psychology.
  Genetic Counseling--methods.
  Genetic Predisposition to Disease--psychology.
  Genetic Screening--psychology.
  
• Edition:1st ed.
  
• Description:xv, 305 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:1591471109 (hbk.)
  
• Contents:Introduction : the genetic revolution : where are we?
  Ch. 1. Genes and cancer : the basics
  Ch. 2. Cancer genes and cancer risk
  Ch. 3. Genetic counseling for cancer genes
  Ch. 4. Emotional baggage : unresolved grief, emotional distress, risk perception, health beliefs and behaviors
  Ch. 5. Opening Pandora's box : disclosure of the results of cancer genetic testing
  Ch. 6. Prophylactic surgery
  Ch. 7. family matter
  Ch. 8. Children and genetic testing
  Ch. 9. Social and ethical issues : duty to warn, autonomy, privacy and discrimination
  Ch. 10. Genetics and social change.