Guilt, blame and responsibility: men's understanding of their role in the transmission of BRCA1/2 mutations within their family.

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Published in Sociol Health Illn on November 01, 2006

Authors

Nina Hallowell1, Audrey Arden-Jones, Ros Eeles, Claire Foster, Anneke Lucassen, Clare Moynihan, Maggie Watson

Author Affiliations

1: Public Health Sciences, The Medical School, University of Edinburgh, and Western Australia Centre for Cancer and Palliative Care Research, Perth, UK. Nina.Hallowell@ed.ac.uk

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