Medical and lay attitudes towards genetic screening and testing in Finland

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 565-572

  Toiviainen, Hanna ^a   Jallinoja, Piia ^a,b   Aro, Arja R ^a,c   Hemminki, Elina ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Genetic screening; Genetic testing; Lay people; Midwives; Physicians; Professionals

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL GENETICS; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINLAND; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETIC SCREENING; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MIDWIFE; NURSE ATTITUDE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT RIGHT; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTAL MAIL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDWIFERY; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0042921459     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201006     Document Type: Article

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