Premarital Screening and Genetic Counseling program: Knowledge, attitude, and satisfaction of attendees of governmental outpatient clinics in Jeddah

Journal of Infection and Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 41-54

  Ibrahim, Nahla Khamis ^a,b   Bashawri, Jamel ^a   Al Bar, Hussein ^a   Al Ahmadi, Jawaher ^a   Al Bar, Adnan ^a   Qadi, Mahdi ^a   Milaat, Waleed ^a   Feda, Hashim ^a  

^a King Abdulaziz University   (Saudi Arabia)

^b High Institute of Public Health Egypt   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Attitude; Knowledge; Outpatient attendees; Premarital; Satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREMARITAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREMARITAL EXAMINATIONS; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 84871899052     PISSN: 18760341     EISSN: 1876035X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2012.05.001     Document Type: Article

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