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  • Title: General practitioners' views on genetic screening for common diseases.
    Author: Suchard MA, Yudkin P, Sinsheimer JS, Fowler GH.
    Journal: Br J Gen Pract; 1999 Jan; 49(438):45-6. PubMed ID: 10622017.
    Abstract:
    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.
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