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Percentage of Distribution in Response to Self-Efficacy and Perceived Importance (N = 295)
Belief Item Strongly Agree Somewhat Agree Somewhat Disagree Strongly Disagree I can effectively screen my patients for an inherited risk of cancer 9.8 51.8 32.9 5.5 I consider this important to my practice 44.4 42.4 11.2 2.0
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Most family physicians believe it is important to screen patients for an inherited risk of cancer. However, less than two thirds believe that they are effective at this type of screening. This suggests that many practicing family physicians would welcome strategies aimed at improving effectiveness in screening patients for inherited cancer risk.
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