Genetics: A Guide for Students and Practitioners of Nursing and Health Care - Couverture souple

Vipond, Karen

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1908625155 ISBN 13 : 9781908625151

Editeur : Lantern Publishing Ltd, 2013

Synopsis

From the Foreword by Candy Cooley:<br/> What a delight it is ... to read a book which takes complex scientific concepts and ensures they are understandable by all. <br/><br/> With activities and answers, reflection points and a glossary, this interactive textbook supports the Fit for Practice in the Genetics Era competence framework, offering an introduction to the theory of genetics and then using common genetic conditions/disorders as case studies to help students apply theory to practice and examine the service user experience.<br/> Genetics is written by an experienced teacher of health care sciences and is ideal for students of nursing, health care and for a wide range of health care practitioners. Topics covered include:

• Cell and DNA structure
• Down's Syndrome
• Inheritance
• Sickle Cell Anaemia
• Pedigree testing
• Huntington's Disease
• Cancer genetics
• Cystic Fibrosis
• Genetic counselling
• Muscular Dystrophy

From lecturer reviews:<br/><br/> A well written and nicely laid out genetics text at an appropriate level for adult nursing students. <br/> Fabulous text, student friendly. <br/><br/>

Contents:

<br/> 1 Basic Cell Biology<br/> 2 Inheritance<br/> 3 Autosomal Recessive and Dominant Inheritance<br/> 4 Sex-linked Inheritance<br/> 5 Two or More Genes<br/> 6 Mutations<br/> 7 Pedigree Analysis<br/> 8 Clinical Applications<br/> 9 Cancer Genetics<br/> 10 Genetic Counselling

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Karen Vipond is a lecturer at the School of Healthcare Sciences at Bangor University, UK. She has combined her different careers as a biologist and a nurse in order to teach biological sciences to health care professionals. Karen's career experiences have been quite varied as she has worked as a biologist, a teacher, a trauma nurse, a district nurse, a health visitor and a medical research co-ordinator for Oxford University and the World Health Organization. Karen was a student at St Anne's College at the University of Oxford as well as Oxford Brookes University and she trained as a nurse at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford. During her clinical career she worked in Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and in North Wales.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Lantern Publishing Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1908625155
• ISBN 13: 9781908625151
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible