To worry or not to worry: breast cancer genetic counseling communication with low-income Latina immigrants.

ABSTRACT: The purpose of this pilot study was to describe communication practices during hereditary breast cancer genetic counseling (GC) with low-income immigrant Latina patients in a public hospital setting. We utilized qualitative ethnographic methods, including direct observation of GC appointments with Latina patients at a public hospital offering free GC and BRCA testing and in-depth qualitative interviews with patients after they had received their BRCA genetic test results. Twenty-five patients participated; 20 were observed during genetic counseling appointments, and ten participated in interviews after BRCA testing with six participating in both observations and an interview. Analyses of qualitative data from observation field notes and interviews identified both strengths and limitations

SUBMITTER: Joseph G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4286557 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature