Genetics education for primary-care providers

Nature Reviews Genetics

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 561-566

  Burke, Wylie ^a   Emery, Jon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION PROGRAM; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKILL;

GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENETICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0036300994     PISSN: 14710056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrg845     Document Type: Review

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