The virtual consultation: Practitioners' experiences of genetic counseling by videoconferencing in Australia

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 350-357

  Zilliacus, Elvira ^a,b   Meiser, Bettina ^a,c   Lobb, Elizabeth ^d,e,f   Dudding, Tracey E ^g   Barlow Stewart, Kristine ^h,i   Tucker, Katherine ^a  

^a PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d Calvary Health Care Sydney   (Australia)

^e CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g Hunter Health   (Australia)

^h ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

ⁱ University of Sydney   (Australia)

Author keywords

Genetic counseling; Hereditary breast cancer; Satisfaction; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL GENETICS; GENETIC COUNSELING; NEW SOUTH WALES , AUSTRALIA; QUALITATIVE EXPLORATION; REDUCED COST; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS; VOICE TRANSMISSIONS;

COST REDUCTION; RURAL AREAS; TELECONFERENCING;

TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 77952393234     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2009.0108     Document Type: Article

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