Ways of approaching risk : the experiences of a group of New Zealand women / by Alison McEwan

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Title

Ways of approaching risk : the experiences of a group of New Zealand women / by Alison McEwan

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National Library of New Zealand

Collection

Index New Zealand

Description

Explores the experiences and stories of thirty-two Pakeha New Zealand women who carry a BRCA mutation - a rare hereditary breast and ovarian cancer syndrome conferring a potentially high risk of cancer over a woman's lifetime - or who have a high risk based on their family history of cancer, examining in particular the way in which this group of women use the idea of 'getting on with it' as a coping strategy to manage their risk and live their lives.

Format

Journal

Date created

Dec 2012

Creator

McEwan, Alison, (Human Genetics Society of Australasia Board of Censors for Genetic Counselling)

URL

http://natlib.govt.nz/records/31809174

Related subjects

Cancer in women -- Psychological aspects / Breast -- Cancer -- Patients -- Attitudes / Cancer -- Patients -- Attitudes / Cancer -- Patients -- Psychological aspects / Adjustment (Psychology) / Breast -- Cancer -- Risk factors / Ovaries -- Cancer -- Risk factors / BRCA genes

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