General practitioners' views on genetic screening for common diseases

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 49, Issue 438, 1999, Pages 45-46

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

General practitioners; Genetic counselling; Genetic disorders; Genetic screening; Questionnaire survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH CARE NEED; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ENGLAND; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 0032929456     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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