“How do we rally around the one who was positive?” Familial uncertainty management in the context of men managing BRCA-related cancer risks
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.112592
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Uncertainty; Communication; Uncertainty management theory; Hereditary cancer risk; BRCA1/2; Family;All these keywords.
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