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Attitudes of families to some aspects of Huntington's chorea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Jeanne Barette  and
C. D. Marsden
Jeanne Barette
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, Institute of Psychiatry, and King's College Hospital, London
C. D. Marsden*
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, Institute of Psychiatry, and King's College Hospital, London
*
2Address for correspondence: Professor C. D. Marsden, Department of Neurology, Institute of Psychiary, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF.
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Synopsis

One hundred and fifty-three completed questionnaires received from families with a history of Huntington's chorea were analysed to discover their attitudes towards the disease. Of special interest were: (a) how and when they were first informed about their illness; (b) what effects the knowledge of the hereditary aspects of the disease had on them and on their children; and (c) their reaction to a possible future predictive test

Type
Research Article
Information
Psychological Medicine , Volume 9 , Issue 2 , May 1979 , pp. 327 - 336
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1979

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