Key Points
• Quality issues for a genetic service in primary care require further consideration.
• Preconception care needs a framework for delivery in primary care.
• Antenatal care provides many opportunities for delivering genetics in primary care.
• Pharmacogenetics will change prescribing in the future.
• Promote European collaboration to provide education in genetics
Quality is never an accident, it is always the result of intelligent effort
John Ruskin 1819–1900
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Harris, H.J. (2010). The Primary Care Perspective of Quality in Clinical Genetics Service – United Kingdom as an Example. In: Kristoffersson, U., Schmidtke, J., Cassiman, J. (eds) Quality Issues in Clinical Genetic Services. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3919-4_8
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