The ‘new genetics’ and nursing: what does it have to do with me?
Heather Skirton Genetic Resource Manager and Nurse Specialist, Clinical Genetics Unit Taunton and Somerset NHS Trust
Christine Patch Clinical Genetic Nurse Specialist, Wessex Clinical Genetics Service, Princess Anne Hospital, Southampton
Recent developments in genetics mean that this previously specialised subject is now essential knowledge for all nurses. Heather Skirton and Christine Patch describe how fundamental knowledge of the new genetics will enable nurses to help patients through the maze of choices open to them.
Nursing Standard.
14, 19, 42-46.
doi: 10.7748/ns2000.01.14.19.42.c2754
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