Providers' behavioral beliefs regarding the delivery of genomic medicine at the Veterans Health Administration

Personalized Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 485-494

  Arar, Nedal ^a   Seo, Joann ^a   Abboud, Hanna E ^a   Parchman, Michael ^a   Noel, Polly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

behavioral intentions; genomic medicine; genomic services; theory of planned behavior; Veterans Health Administration

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; GENOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

EID: 77957590020     PISSN: 17410541     EISSN: 1744828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/pme.10.47     Document Type: Article

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