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Incorporation of Genetics in Primary Care Practice
Stephanie Revels, MD
Department of Family Medicine Morehouse School of Medicine Atlanta, Ga
Arch Fam Med. 1994;3(3):217-218.
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The article by Geller et al1 published in the November issue of the ARCHIVES is a great compliment to the teachers of family medicine. The role of the family practitioner is to provide competent medical care, preventive intervention, and counseling when it is needed in addressing difficult medical decisions.
The study revealed that family physicians are more likely to feel comfortable with directive counseling than are genetic counselors, internists, and obstetricians. A level of comfort for family physicians occurs secondarily to the training they receive in developing long-term relationships, in other words, a relationship in which the physician's opinion and input is valued and sought after.
On the other hand, geneticists will probably continue to have a nondirective approach because they are usually one-time consultants and have a limited time to develop a comfortable rapport. Because of the many extraneous variables surrounding this issue, I do not see family
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