Access to genetic services depends on the effective integration of specialist genetic centers with medical and other relevant specialties.
Keywords: access; genetic services; genetic care; education; Europe
Genetic Services: Access
Rodney Harris, Manchester Royal Infirmary, UK
Published online: September 2006
DOI: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0005871
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| Further Reading | |
| Ansell SM, Ackerman MJ, Black JL, Roberts LR and Tefferi A (2003) Primer on medical genomics. Part VI: Genomics and molecular genetics in clinical practice. Mayo Clinical Proceedings, 78(3): 307–317. | |
| Collins FS and Guttmacher AE (2001) Genetics moves into the medical mainstream. JAMA 286(18): 2322–2324. | |
| Guttmacher AE and Collins FS (2002) Genomic medicine – a primer. The New England Journal of Medicine 347(19): 1512–1520. | |
| book Harper PS (1998) Practical Genetic Counselling. 5th edn. Butterworth Heinemann. | |
| Modell B, Harris R, Lane B, et al. (2000) Informed choice in genetic screening for thalassaemia during pregnancy: audit from a national confidential inquiry. BMJ 320: 337–341. | |
| book Rimoin DL, Connor JM and Pyeritz RE (1997) Emery and Rimoin's principles and practice of medical genetics. 3rd edn. New York, NY: Churchill Livingstone. | |
| Suther S and Goodson P (2003) Barriers to the provision of genetic services by primary care physicians: A systematic review of the literature. Genetics in Medicine 5(2): 70–76. | |
| Web Links | |
| ePath GenEd. Which updates ongoing research into genetic education and training for non-geneticist healthcare providers www.medicine.man.ac.uk/Gened | |
