Providing information at the point of care: Educational diagnostic reports from a genetic testing service provider

Clinical Leadership and Management Review

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 11-24

  Goos, Lisa M ^a   Silverman, Irwin ^a   Steele, Leslie ^b   Stockley, Tracy ^b,d   Ray, Peter N ^b,c  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC SERVICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; HUMAN; INFORMATION SERVICE; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STANDARD; TEACHING;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CANADA; FEMALE; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC SERVICES; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEWS; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TEACHING MATERIALS;

EID: 1542378317     PISSN: 15273954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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