Rosalind Eeles
Biographic Data
| ID | 5055367 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rosalind Eeles |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rosalind |
| FAMILY NAME | Eeles |
| SIGNATURE | EELES R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Psychology Research Group & Section of Cancer Genetics, The Institute of Cancer Research & Royal Marsden NHS Trust, UK |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Living with chronic risk
This paper investigates how healthy women with a family history of breast/ovarian cancer live with their heightened awareness of risk, and introduces a chronic risk perspective for studying this topic. Healthy women from these at-risk families and individuals suffering from a chronic illness address many of the same issues concerning adaptation to biographical disruption and an uncertain future. We report on risk perception, family history, life …
Family stories and the use of heuristics
The practice of medicine will increasingly be medicine of the family rather than the traditional physician/patient dyad, especially where a genetic condition is involved. This study explores how clients from suspected hereditary breast and ovarian cancer (HBOC) families seeking cancer genetics risk counselling are influenced by family stories and the use of heuristics (inferential shortcuts used to make sense of complicated information) in interp…
Genetic Testing for Breast and Ovarian Cancer Predisposition
The purpose of this study was to explore experiences of cancer in the family and motivation for predictive genetic testing among women at increased risk of developing breast and/or ovarian cancer due to their family history. Fifteen women were interviewed prior to receiving their genetic test results. A grounded theory approach was adopted to analyse the interview transcripts. The findings indicated that experiences of cancer in the family play a…
Family stories and the use of heuristics
The practice of medicine will increasingly be medicine of the family rather than the traditional physician/patient dyad, especially where a genetic condition is involved. This study explores how clients from suspected hereditary breast and ovarian cancer (HBOC) families seeking cancer genetics risk counselling are influenced by family stories and the use of heuristics (inferential shortcuts used to make sense of complicated information) in interp…
Genetic Testing for Breast and Ovarian Cancer Predisposition
The purpose of this study was to explore experiences of cancer in the family and motivation for predictive genetic testing among women at increased risk of developing breast and/or ovarian cancer due to their family history. Fifteen women were interviewed prior to receiving their genetic test results. A grounded theory approach was adopted to analyse the interview transcripts. The findings indicated that experiences of cancer in the family play a…
Genetic Testing for Breast and Ovarian Cancer Predisposition
The purpose of this study was to explore experiences of cancer in the family and motivation for predictive genetic testing among women at increased risk of developing breast and/or ovarian cancer due to their family history. Fifteen women were interviewed prior to receiving their genetic test results. A grounded theory approach was adopted to analyse the interview transcripts. The findings indicated that experiences of cancer in the family play a…
Living with chronic risk
This paper investigates how healthy women with a family history of breast/ovarian cancer live with their heightened awareness of risk, and introduces a chronic risk perspective for studying this topic. Healthy women from these at-risk families and individuals suffering from a chronic illness address many of the same issues concerning adaptation to biographical disruption and an uncertain future. We report on risk perception, family history, life …
Family stories and the use of heuristics
The practice of medicine will increasingly be medicine of the family rather than the traditional physician/patient dyad, especially where a genetic condition is involved. This study explores how clients from suspected hereditary breast and ovarian cancer (HBOC) families seeking cancer genetics risk counselling are influenced by family stories and the use of heuristics (inferential shortcuts used to make sense of complicated information) in interp…
Breast cancer (3 works) · Cancer (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Qualitative research (3 works) · BRCA gene mutations in cancer (2 works) · Family history (2 works) · Family medicine (2 works) · Family Support in Illness (2 works) · Internal Medicine (2 works) · Ovarian cancer (2 works)