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Genetics and genomics
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When to break the news and whose responsibility is it? A cross-sectional qualitative study of health professionals’ views regarding disclosure of BRCA genetic cancer risk

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  • Alison Luk Young The University of Sydney, Faculty of Science, School of Psychology, Centre for Medical Psychology & Evidence-based Decision-making (CeMPED), Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Kids Cancer Centre, Sydney Children's Hospital Randwick, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Phyllis N Butow The University of Sydney, Faculty of Science, School of Psychology, Centre for Medical Psychology & Evidence-based Decision-making (CeMPED), Sydney, New South Wales, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Katherine M Tucker Prince of Wales Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Prince of Wales Hereditary Cancer Centre, Prince of Wales Hospital and Community Health Services, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Claire E Wakefield Kids Cancer Centre, Sydney Children's Hospital Randwick, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia School of Women’s and Children’s Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Emma Healey Illawarra Cancer Care Centre, Wollongong Hospital, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Rachel Williams Prince of Wales Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Prince of Wales Hereditary Cancer Centre, Prince of Wales Hospital and Community Health Services, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Alison Luk Young; ayou1666{at}uni.sydney.edu.au
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Young AL, Butow PN, Tucker KM, et al
When to break the news and whose responsibility is it? A cross-sectional qualitative study of health professionals’ views regarding disclosure of BRCA genetic cancer risk
BMJ Open 2020;10:e033127. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-033127

Publication history

  • Received July 22, 2019
  • Revised November 13, 2019
  • Accepted November 25, 2019
  • First published February 25, 2020.
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February 14, 2023
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