Primary care physicians'experience with family history: An exploratory qualitative study

Genetics in Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 21-25

  Williams, Janet L ^a   Collingridge, Dave S ^b   Williams, Marc S ^a  

^a Clinical Genetics Institute   (United States)

^b INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

computerized medical record; decision making; family history; physician patient relations; primary care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPREHENSION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT CARE; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 78751606938     PISSN: 10983600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GIM.0b013e3181f928fc     Document Type: Article

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