Communicating genetic risk information within families: a review.

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Published in Fam Cancer on December 01, 2010

Authors

Mel Wiseman1, Caroline Dancyger, Susan Michie

Author Affiliations

1: CORE, Research Department of Clinical, Educational & Health Psychology, University College London, 19 Torrington Place, London WC1E 7HB, UK. melwiseman@nhs.net

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