Table 2.

Willingness of family physicians to carry out tasks related to the management of genetic patients in family medicine.

n	Task	Number (%) of Family Physicians Willing to Perform the Task
1	Taking a family history	200 (73.8)
2	Explaining the inheritance pattern	136 (50.2)
3	Explaining the genetic risk to Mr. Smith’s children	73 (50.2)
4	Giving information about available genetic tests	69 (25.6)
5	Informing Mr. Smith of the implication of no mutation being found	50 (18.5)
6	Informing Mr. Smith of the implications of a mutation being found	41 (15.2)
7	Ordering the genetic test	92 (34.2)
8	Explaining the test results	17 (6.3)
9	Explaining the implications of the test results for Mr. Smith’s children	14 (5.2)
10	Tell Mr. Smith it is his responsibility to inform his brother	193 (76.0)
11	Ask Mr. Smith to convince his brother that he should be tested	130 (51.0)
12	Let Mr. Smith decide whether or not he wants to inform his brother	83 (34.0)
13	Ask Mr. Smith to advise his brother to see you or another family physician for counseling about his genetic risk	232 (89.2)
14	Refer Mr. Smith to a genetic specialist for advice on how to handle the situation	193 (74.2)
15	Refer Mr. Smith to a cardiologist for advice on how to handle the situation	179 (71.6)
16	Respect Mr. Smith’s wish not to inform his bother	85 (34.1)
17	Offer to contact Mr. Smith’s brother to inform him	238 (91.2)
18	On his next visit inform the brother who is a patient and attends your practice	190 (73.9)