Computer support for recording and interpreting family histories of breast and ovarian cancer in primary care (RAGs): qualitative evaluation with simulated patients.

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OBJECTIVES: To explore general practitioners' attitudes towards and use of a computer program for assessing genetic risk of cancer in primary care. DESIGN: Qualitative analysis of semistructured interviews and video recordings of simulated consultations. PARTICIPANTS: Purposive sample of 15 general practitioners covering a range of computer literacy, interest in genetics, age, and sex. INTERVENTIONS: Each doctor used the program in two consultations in which an actor played a woman concerned ...

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Authors: Emery, J; Walton, R; Coulson, A; Glasspool, D; Ziebland, S

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: BMJ (Clinical research ed.)
• Volume: 319
• Issue: 7201
• Pages: 32-36
• Publication date: 1999-07-01
• DOI: 10.1136/bmj.319.7201.32
• EISSN: 1756-1833
• ISSN: 0959-8138
• Language: English
• Keywords: Attitude to Computers; Risk Assessment; Video Recording; Physicians, Family; Medical History Taking; Physician-Patient Relations; Decision Making, Computer-Assisted; Humans; Ovarian Neoplasms; Adult; Female; Male; Patient Simulation; Breast Neoplasms; Attitude of Health Personnel