Educational needs in genetic medicine: Primary care perspectives

Community Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 160-165

  Trinidad, Susan B ^a   Fryer Edwards, Kelly ^a   Crest, Anthony ^a   Kyler, Penny ^b   Lloyd Puryear, Michele A ^b   Burke, Wylie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Genetics education; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL GENETICS; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; GENETIC SERVICES; GENETICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 41549166986     PISSN: 14222795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000113878     Document Type: Article

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