Comparison of activities and attitudes of general practitioners concerning genetic counseling over a 10-year time-span

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 145-149

  Baars, Marieke J H ^a   De Smit, Denhard J ^b   Langendam, Miranda W ^a   Adèr, Herman J ^a   Ten Kate, Leo P ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b HC Projects Services Consultancy   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Activities; Attitudes; General practitioner; Genetic counseling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; TIME;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENETIC COUNSELING; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0037762760     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-3991(02)00123-4     Document Type: Article

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