Confidence of primary care physicians in their ability to carry out basic medical genetic tasks- A European survey in five countries-Part 1

Journal of Community Genetics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-11

  Nippert, Irmgard ^a   Harris, Hilary J ^b   Julian Reynier, Claire ^c   Kristoffersson, Ulf ^d   Kate, Leo P Ten ^e   Anionwu, Elizabeth ^f   Benjamin, Caroline ^g   Challen, Kirsty ^b   Schmidtke, Jörg ^h   Nippert, R Peter ⁱ   Harris, Rodney ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUT PAOLI CALMETTES   (France)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WEST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g LIVERPOOL WOMEN'S NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^h HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Genetic education; Genetic services; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC SERVICE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL GENETICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79952325539     PISSN: 1868310X     EISSN: 18686001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12687-010-0030-0     Document Type: Article

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