Genetics and genetic counseling: Practices and opinions of primary care physicians in Turkey

Genetics in Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 130-135

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

^a PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Genetic conseling; Genetics; Physicians; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; HUMAN GENETICS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROPHYLAXIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); XERODERMA PIGMENTOSUM;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETICS, MEDICAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TURKEY;

EID: 33847047731     PISSN: 10983600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GIM.0b013e3180306880     Document Type: Article

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