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Hornstein, Shana – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Autism has a unique history. The definition has broadened and changed over time, from an emotional disturbance with psychogenic origins to a neurodevelopmental disability with suspected environmental and genetic origins. Diagnosis occurs later than children born with obvious disabilities such as cerebral palsy or Down syndrome, but earlier than…
Descriptors: Autism, Mothers, Clinical Diagnosis, Emotional Disturbances
Blazer, Kathleen R. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Individuals with a cancer-predisposing genetic trait have a lifetime risk to develop cancer approaching 100 percent, and cancer often strikes early in age, before standard recommended cancer screening begins. Identifying hereditary cancer predisposition through genetic cancer risk assessment (GCRA) allows for intensified measures to prevent…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Medical Education, Quasiexperimental Design, Intervention