BRCA1 Testing and Informed Consent in a Woman with Mild Retardation.

Autor: Schneider, Katherine, Kieffer, Stephanie, Patenaude, Andrea
Zdroj: Journal of Genetic Counseling; Oct2000, Vol. 9 Issue 5, p411-416, 6p
Abstrakt: Cancer predisposition testing can pose complex genetic counseling issues. This casereport discusses whether it is appropriate to provide BRCA1 testing to a woman withlimited intellectual capacity and documented psychological distress. This case is one ofseveral cancer counseling cases presented to our Genetic Counseling Supervision Groupover the past three and a half years. The Supervision Group provided valuable feedback and supportto proceed with this challenging case. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Complementary Index
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