UID:
edocfu_9959328692302883
Format:
1 online resource (xiv, 276 pages) :
,
illustrations
ISBN:
9780470725252
,
0470725257
,
9780470697726
,
0470697725
,
1281135410
,
9781281135414
Content:
Nurses are increasingly being asked to provide information when a genetic diagnosis is made, whether to the individual patient or to members of his or her family. This book provides a comprehensive introduction to present day genetic services, to help pro.
Note:
Includes index.
,
The scientific and clinical discoveries that are used to provide current patient care / Peter Farndon -- The family history / Jo Haydon -- Basic biology / Tessa Webb and Jo Haydon -- Laboratory techniques / Eileen Roberts and Sarah Warburton -- Risk perception and options available / Jo Haydon -- Chromosome disorders / Jo Haydon -- Autosomal dominant disorders : 50% risk to offspring / Jo Haydon -- Autosomal recessive disorders : unaffected parents with 25% risk to offspring / Jo Haydon -- X-linked recessive disorders : carrier mothers, affected sons / Jo Haydon -- Multifactorial inheritance : interaction of genes and environment / Jo Haydon -- Mitochondrial disorders : inherited from mother by males and females / Jo Haydon -- Cancer genetics / Lucy Burgess -- Ethnicity / Jo Haydon -- Ethical issues / Amanda Barry -- Professional development / Jo Haydon and Amanda Barry -- Here and now: integrating current possibilities into patient care / Peter Farndon.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Haydon, Jo. Genetics in practice. Chichester, England ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, ©2007 ISBN 9781861564641
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1861564643
Language:
English
Keywords:
Case Reports
;
Nurses Instruction.
;
Electronic books.
DOI:
10.1002/9780470697726
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9780470697726
