RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 General practitioners' views on genetic screening for common diseases.
JF British Journal of General Practice
JO Br J Gen Pract
FD British Journal of General Practice
SP 45
OP 46
VO 49
IS 438
A1 M A Suchard
A1 P Yudkin
A1 J S Sinsheimer
A1 G H Fowler
YR 1999
UL http://bjgp.org/content/49/438/45.abstract
AB In a questionnaire survey of 359 general practitioners (response rate 94%), 60% accepted the need to provide genetic services, but far fewer felt competent to do so. Nevertheless, as many as 76% had referred patients to a genetics unit in the past year, and 50% had counselled about genetics.