The Practical Guide to the Genetic Family History

Robin L. Bennett (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

272 Seiten

1999
John Wiley & Sons Inc (Verlag)
978-0-471-25154-5 (ISBN)

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Robin L. Bennett

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This guide is a short resource on how to take and record a patient's family medical history to determine if the patient's affliction has a genetic component. It includes blank genetic screening forms and questions to ask for a given indication.

This book is a concise and accessible resource on how to take and record a patient's family medical history to determine if the patient's affliction has a genetic component. In an era of managed care, physicians must be selective about which patients are truly in need of specialty medical services such as genetic testing and counseling. This book will enable the health care professional to intelligently refer patients for genetic testing and counseling.

The Language of the Pedigree.; Practical Inheritance.; Getting to the Roots: Recording the Family Tree.; Directed Medical--Genetic Family History Queries: Separating the Trees from the Forest.; Using a Pedigree to Recognize Individuals with an Increased Susceptibility to Cancer.; Medical Verification of a Family History.; The Challenge of Family History and Adoption.; The Pedigree and Assisted Reproductive Technologies.; Making a Referral for Genetic Services: Where to Turn and What to Expect.; Pedigree Predicaments.; Glossary.; Appendices.; Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	21.5.1999
Zusatzinfo	Illustrations
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	154 x 234 mm
Gewicht	454 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete
	Studium ► 2. Studienabschnitt (Klinik) ► Humangenetik
ISBN-10	0-471-25154-2 / 0471251542
ISBN-13	978-0-471-25154-5 / 9780471251545
Zustand	Neuware