TY - JOUR T1 - General practitioners' views on genetic screening for common diseases. JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 45 LP - 46 VL - 49 IS - 438 AU - M A Suchard AU - P Yudkin AU - J S Sinsheimer AU - G H Fowler Y1 - 1999/01/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/49/438/45.abstract N2 - 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. ER -