Technology assessment and resource allocation for predictive genetic testing: A study of the perspectives of Canadian genetic health care providers

BMC Medical Ethics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Adair, Alethea ^a   Einsiedel, Edna ^b   Caulfield, Timothy ^a   Hyde Lay, Robyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CANADA; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNDING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; LABORATORY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIST; PROCESS MODEL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; ADULT; ECONOMICS; ETHICS; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CANADA; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL;

EID: 68249152613     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6939-10-6     Document Type: Article

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