Nurses' professed knowledge of genetics and genetic counseling

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 210, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 321-332

  Tomatir, Ayşe Gaye ^a,b   Sorkun, Hülya Çetin ^a   Demirhan, Huriye ^a   Akdaǧ, Beyza ^a  

^a PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Pamukkale University ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Genetic counseling; Human genetics; Nurses; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC SCREENING; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN GENETICS; INHERITANCE; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING KNOWLEDGE; PHENYLKETONURIA; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; THALASSEMIA; THALASSEMIA MAJOR; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETICS, MEDICAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; TURKEY;

EID: 33845430201     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.210.321     Document Type: Article

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