Education in the genetics era: Genetics education for health professionals - An essential component of genetics policy

Medical Education

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 243-244

  Burton, Hilary ^a   Zimmern, Ron ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE THERAPY; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETICS; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN GENOME PROJECT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NOTE; PHARMACOGENETICS; POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

GENETICS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH PERSONNEL; KNOWLEDGE; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 15244354384     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2929.2004.02084.x     Document Type: Note

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