Genetic counselors and research: Current practices and future directions

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 276-283

  Clark, Heather M ^a   Gamm, Jennifer ^b,c   Huether, Carl A ^d,e   Buncher, C Ralph ^f,g   Pfau, Ruthann I Blough ^h,i   Warren, Nancy Steinberg ^e  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Hereditary Cancer Program   (Canada)

^d Department of Physics

^e UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^f University of Cincinnati ^*

^g UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ Children's Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Doctorate education; Genetic counseling; Graduate training; PhD; Research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DOCTORAL EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC COUNSELOR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; AGED; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION; EDUCATION, GRADUATE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMANS; JOB DESCRIPTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH;

EID: 33750980961     PISSN: 15524868     EISSN: 15524876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.c.30106     Document Type: Article

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