Providers' knowledge of genetics: A survey of 5915 individuals and families with genetic conditions

Genetics in Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 259-267

  Harvey, Erin K ^a   Fogel, Chana E ^b,c   Peyrot, Mark ^d,e   Christensen, Kurt D ^f   Terry, Sharon F ^f   McInerney, Joseph D ^a  

^a National Coalition for Health Professional Education in Genetics   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MARYLAND   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f GENETIC ALLIANCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Advocacy; Families; Genetics education; Patients; Providers' knowledge

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALBINISM; ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN DEFICIENCY; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; CELIAC DISEASE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DATA ANALYSIS; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; DOWN SYNDROME; EDUCATION; EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA; FEMALE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETICS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HEREDITARY SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; HYPOPHOSPHATEMIA; INTERNET; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; LONG QT SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; MEDICAL INFORMATION; METACHROMATIC LEUKODYSTROPHY; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PSEUDOXANTHOMA ELASTICUM; PSORIASIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RENDU OSLER WEBER DISEASE; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; VOMITING;

GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETICS, MEDICAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERNET; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 34249051675     PISSN: 10983600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GIM.0b013e31805002f2     Document Type: Article

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