Genetically exceptional?: women's experiences of being at risk of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer

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Genetically exceptional?: women's experiences of being at risk of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer

This thesis questions whether the experiences of women at-risk of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer (HBOC) might be genetically exceptional. Using a combination of retrospective in-depth interviews with women at-risk and observations of consultations carried out at a regional specialist centre, t...

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Main Author:	Rowley, Emma
Format:	Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:	English
Published:	2005
Subjects:	Cancer genetic aspects psychological aspects women diseases treatment physician and patient
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/13209/

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