Bettina Meiser

Publication List Details

Period

2000 - 2008

Number

17

Co-Authors

Genetic counselling and testing for inherited gene mutations in newly diagnosed patients with breast cancer: a review of the existing literature and a proposed research agenda (2008)

Meiser, Bettina, Tucker, Kathy, Friedlander, Michael, Barlow-Stewart, Kristine, Lobb, Elizabeth, Saunders, Christobel, ...

Abstract Many women newly diagnosed with breast cancer and with a strong family history of breast cancer are referred to a family cancer service for genetic counselling and for consideration of...

Exploring general practitioners' experience of informing women about prenatal screening tests for foetal abnormalities: A qualitative focus group study (2008)

Nagle, Cate, Lewis, Sharon, Meiser, Bettina, Gunn, Jane, Halliday, Jane, Bell, Robin

Abstract Background Recent developments have made screening tests for foetal abnormalities available earlier in pregnancy and women have a range of testing options accessible to them. It is now...

Usefulness of the Threatening Medical Situations Inventory in individuals considering genetic testing for cancer risk (2007)

Wakefield, Claire E, Homewood, Judi, Mahmut, Mehmet, Taylor, Alan, Meiser, Bettina

Objective: To assess the psychometric properties of the Threatening Medical Situations Inventory (TMSI) in a community sample (Study 1), and to examine its usefulness in individuals with a strong...

Attitudes toward genetic testing for cancer risk after genetic counseling and decision support : a qualitative comparison between hereditary cancer types (2007)

Wakefield, Claire E, Kasparian, Nadine A, Meiser, Bettina, Homewood, Judi, Kirk, Judy, Tucker, Kathy

This study aimed to qualitatively assess individuals' attitudes toward genetic testing for cancer risk after genetic counseling and decision support. As part of a larger study, 78 women considering...

Development and pilot testing of two decision aids for individuals considering genetic testing for cancer risk (2007)

Wakefield, Claire E, Meiser, Bettina, Homewood, Judi, Peate, Michelle, Kirk, Judy, Warner, Beverly, ...

Current practice in genetic counseling may not allow a full deliberation of the consequences of decisions about genetic testing for cancer risk, despite increasing demand for these services. Thus,...

Evaluation of a decision aid for prenatal testing of fetal abnormalities: a cluster randomised trial [ISRCTN22532458] (2006)

Nagle, Cate, Lewis, Sharon, Meiser, Bettina, Metcalfe, Sylvia, Carlin, John B, Bell, Robin, ...

Abstract Background By providing information on the relative merits and potential harms of the options available and a framework to clarify preferences, decision aids can improve knowledge and...

Evaluation of the needs and concerns of partners of women at high risk of developing breast/ovarian cancer (2006)

Mireskandari, Shab, Meiser, Bettina, Sherman, Kerry, Warner, Beverly J, Andrews, Lesley, Tucker, Katherine M

This exploratory study investigates the experience of partners of women at high risk of developing breast/ovarian cancer and reports on the partners' views concerning their relationship,...

Evaluation of the needs and concerns of partners of women at high risk of developing breast/ovarian cancer (2006)

Mireskandari, Shab, Meiser, Bettina, Sherman, Kerry, Warner, Beverly J, Andrews, Lesley, Tucker, Katherine M

This exploratory study investigates the experience of partners of women at high risk of developing breast/ovarian cancer and reports on the partners' views concerning their relationship,...

Genetic counselling and testing for inherited gene mutations in newly diagnosed patients with breast cancer: a review of the existing literature and a proposed research agenda

Meiser, Bettina, Tucker, Kathy, Friedlander, Michael, Barlow-Stewart, Kristine, Lobb, Elizabeth, Saunders, Christobel, ...

Many women newly diagnosed with breast cancer and with a strong family history of breast cancer are referred to a family cancer service for genetic counselling and for consideration of genetic...