Are general practitioners willing and able to provide genetic services for common diseases?

Journal of Genetic Counseling

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 301-311

  Suchard, Marc A ^a,b   Yudkin, Patricia ^c   Sinsheimer, Janet S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Common diseases; Genetic screening; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032749260     PISSN: 10597700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022934316284     Document Type: Article

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