GPs want to keep generalist role in genetic testing

General practitioners do not see a role for themselves in assessing genetic risk in the implementation of new genetic technology. This view is at odds with that of policy makers, who have assumed that education and desk top technology is all that is required to enable GPs to implement genetic advances. In a qualitative interview study (p 1410) Kumar and Gantley discovered that general practitioners saw their role as supporting patients and families and integrating biomedical knowledge with patients' priorities. Many were also unhappy about doing tests to identify genetic susceptibility to a disease without being able to offer any preventive treatment.


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Tensions between policy makers and general practitioners in implementing new genetics: grounded theory interview study
Satinder Kumar and Madeleine Gantley
BMJ 1999 319: 1410-1413. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

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