Psychiatrists' attitudes, knowledge, and experience regarding genetics: A preliminary study

Genetics in Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 439-449

  Hoop, Jinger G ^a   Roberts, Laura Weiss ^a,b   Hammond, Katherine A Green ^c   Cox, Nancy J ^d  

^a Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c Ecosystem Modeling   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Genetics; Medical education; Psychiatry; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC SERVICE; GENETIC TRAIT; HEALTH SURVEY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; JOB EXPERIENCE; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROBABILITY; PSYCHIATRIST; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEREDITY; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC PHENOMENA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRY; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 70349115962     PISSN: 10983600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GIM.0b013e318177014b     Document Type: Article

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