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The National Information Resource on Ethics & Human Genetics (NIREHG), in cooperation with the National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature (NRCBL, funded by a contract with the National…

In order to gather important data on the psychosocial and behavioral aspects and sequelae of genetic counseling protocols for hereditary cancer, this investigation will study a consecutive series of…

This project will evaluate a BRCA1 predisposition testing program modeled closely on the Huntington Disease paradigm for members of previously identified families in which cancer susceptibility has…

This study will test two protocols for providing effective and culturally-sensitive pre-BRCA1 test education to first-degree relatives (FDRs) of breast and ovarian cancer patients. The two protocols…

The objective of the proposed study is to determine whether computer-based education is as effective as practitioner-based education for increasing understanding of genetic testing for breast cancer…

This study will examine the efficacy of brief, nurse-delivered counseling intervention, Stress Inoculation Therapy (SIT), on the enhancement of psychological adjustment to the receipt of genetic…

This project builds on an exploratory study of psychosocial and ethnocultural factors related to intentions to obtain genetic testing for heritable colon cancer, and a pilot study of genetic…

This workshop will gather information and advice on ways in which international and interdisciplinary groups of researchers can best work together to contribute to the evolving methods of delivering…

The main goal of this proposal is to develop appropriate comprehensive counseling guidelines for predictive colon cancer gene testing by assessing perceptions and attitudes toward the gene tests,…

This application proposes three interrelated phases of research. The first phase will extend the prospective descriptive study of psychosocial aspects of molecular testing for HNPCC in colorectal…