Personalized cancer genetics training for personalized medicine: Improving community-based healthcare through a genetically literate workforce

Genetics in Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 832-840

  Blazer, Kathleen R ^a   MacDonald, Deborah J ^a   Culver, Julie O ^a   Huizenga, Carin R ^a   Morgan, Robert J ^a   Uman, Gwen C ^b   Weitzel, Jeffrey N ^a  

^a CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Vital Research   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer genetics; continuing medical education; personalized medicine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER GENETICS; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COMMUNITY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED STATES;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC TESTING; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALIZED MEDICINE; NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 80052584408     PISSN: 10983600     EISSN: 15300366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GIM.0b013e31821882b7     Document Type: Article

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