Session: Communicating with family members

Speakers: Lindsey Hoskins, PhD; Allison Werner- Lin, PhD

This 90-minute concurrent session will focus on the way that family dynamics and
relationships can affect how information and support are shared between family members.
Drs. Werner-Lin and Ms. Hoskins will discuss:

• the issues and conflicts that can arise in discussing hereditary cancer and genetic testing with relatives
• reasons why different family members may react differently to information about cancer and risk
• approaches for communicating risk information with family members
• appropriate information to convey to family members
• ways to resolve conflicts when family members do not agree or support each others’ choices
  

This session is appropriate for:

• people with a BRCA mutation or hereditary cancer in the family
• cancer survivors and previvors
• spouses, partners, and significant others of people with a BRCA mutation or hereditary
  cancer in the family
• patient advocates, support group facilitators, and people who work with survivors, people
  with a BRCA mutation, and people with hereditary cancer in the family
• health care providers who provide care to survivors, people with a BRCA mutation, and
  people with hereditary cancer in the family
• social workers/mental health care professionals who treat survivors, people
  with a BRCA mutation, and people with hereditary cancer in the family

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