Clinical genetics
By: Sharon J. Olsen, Lynn Baxendale-Cox, Victoria Mock, guest editors.
Contributors: Olsen, Sharon J.; Baxendale-Cox, Lynn.; Mock, Victoria.
Series: Nursing clinics of North America -- v. 35, no. 3
Publisher: Saunders
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 832
Subjects: Medical genetics; Human genetics; Genetic disorders; Genetic counseling; Human chromosome abnormalities -- Diagnosis; Nursing
Notes: "September 2000"

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A Clinician's primer in human genetics: what nurses need to know / Dale Halsey Lea; title: Genetic counseling and testing: implications for clinical practice; title: Karen A. Johnson and Jill D. Brensinger; title: Prenatal and neonatal testing and screening: a double-edged sword / Carole Kenner and Lisa A. Dreyer; title: Genetic testing and screening in pediatric populations / Joie Davis, Donna Krasnewich, and Jennifer M. Puck; title: Genetics and cardiovascular disease / Jerilyn K. Allen; title: Breast cancer: genetics, risks, and strategies / Susan M. Nogueira and Susan E. Appling; title: Hereditary colorectal cancer / Sharon J. Olsen and Kristin Zawacki; title: The genetics of Alzheimer disease / Cynthia D. Steele; title: Genetics of asthma and allergies / Karen Huss and Richard W. Huss; title: Hereditary hemochromatosis / Cynthia A. Prows; title: Legal issues associated with genetics / Winifred Y. Carson; title: Genetic discriminiation in health insurance: an overview and analysis of the issues / Mary-Tara Roth and Rebecca Brewer Painter; title: Gene therapy / Wendy J. Fibison; title: Comprehensive hypertension care in young urban black men: an example of a program of nursing research that integrates genetic science, clinical interventions, and patient outcomes / Martha N. Hill; title: Genetics in nursing education / Felissa R. Lashley; title: Genetic resources: an annotated bibliography of internet and other resources / John W. Kim.