Genetic Testing For Cancer : Psychological Approaches for Helping Patients and Families

Foreword vii Preface ix Acknowledgments xiii Introduction. The Genetic Revolution: Where Are We? 3(14) Chapter 1. Genes and Cancer: The Basics 17(24) Chapter 2. Cancer Genes and Cancer Risk 41(32) Chapter 3. Genetic Counseling for Cancer Genes 73(36) Chapter 4. Emotional Baggage: Unresolved Grief, Emotional Distress, Risk Perception, and Health Beliefs and Behaviors 109(32) Chapter 5. Opening Pandora's Box: Disclosure of the Results of Cancer Genetic Testing 141(28) Chapter 6. Prophylactic Surgery 169(36) Chapter 7. A Family Matter 205(24) Chapter 8. Children and Genetic Testing 229(22) Chapter 9. Social and Ethical Issues: Duty to Warn, Autonomy, Privacy, and Discrimination 251(16) Chapter 10. Genetics and Social Change 267(10) Additional Resources 277(8) Index 285(20) About the Author 305