| Title | Nursing advocacy in a postgenomic age. | | Author(s) | Hamilton R | | Institution | Department of Women, Children and Family Health Science (MC 802), College of Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA. hamilr@uic.edu | | Source | Nurs Clin North Am 2009 Dec; 44(4):435-46. | | MeSH | Clinical Competence
Codes of Ethics
Genetic Privacy
Genetic Screening
Genetic Techniques
Genetics, Medical
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Health Services Accessibility
Health Services Needs and Demand
Human Genome Project
Humans
Nurse's Role
Patient Advocacy
Patient Education as Topic
Prenatal Diagnosis
Referral and Consultation
| | Abstract | The Human Genome Project will change how health is defined and how disease is prevented, diagnosed, and treated. As the largest group of health care providers in contact with patients, nurses need to be competent in the science of genetics. Beyond this, nurses need to understand the complexities that arise in genomic health care. Ethical, legal, and social issues are integral to the delivery of genomic health care, and nurses must have an astute understanding of such complexities. What it means to know, to reason, and to act in this postgenomic age is explored. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
Review
| | PubMed ID | 19850180 |
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