The Family History — More Important Than Ever
- 25 November 2004
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in The New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 351 (22), 2333-2336
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmsb042979
Abstract
Although the family history is part of the basic workup that has been taught in medical schools for generations, it often does not get the attention it should. In this article, the authors make the case for taking a good family history in the era of genomic medicine and provide a computer tool that can be downloaded and used by patients to help record this history.Keywords
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