Genetics in clinical practice: General practitioners' educational priorities in European countries

Genetics in Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 107-113

  Julian Reynier, Claire ^a,b,c   Nippert, Irma ^d   Calefato, Jean Marc ^a   Harris, Hilary ^e   Kristoffersson, Ulf ^f   Schmidtke, Joerg ^g   Ten Kate, Leo ^h   Anionwu, Elizabeth ⁱ   Benjamin, Caroline ^e   Challen, Kirsty ^e   Plass, Anne Marie ^h   Harris, Rodney ^e  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIV   (France)

^b INSTITUT PAOLI CALMETTES   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^f LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^g HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^h VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WEST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education; Genetics; Physicians

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC DISORDER; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 39449098569     PISSN: 10983600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GIM.0b013e3181616693     Document Type: Article

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