Quality Issues in Clinical Genetic Services - Kristoffersson, Ulf.; Schmidtke, Jörg.; Cassiman, J. J.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2010)
Improving Quality and Harmonization of Standards in Clinical Genetic Services in Europe: The EuroGentest Network of Excellence -- The CanGèneTest Pan-Canadian Research Consortium on Genetic Laboratory Services -- Regulating Genetic Testing: The Relevance of Appropriate Definitions -- Genetic Diseases as Rare Diseases: A European Policy View -- European Regulatory Issues Related to Quality in Provision of Genetic Service -- The European IVD Directive and Genetic Testing -- Quality Issues in Genetics Services in the United Kingdom -- The Primary Care Perspective of Quality in Clinical Genetics Service - United Kingdom as an Example -- Regulation of Genetic Testing/Service in Canada -- Quality Issues in Clinical Genetic Services in Australia -- Clinical Genetic Testing and Services - The US Perspective -- US Oversight and Regulation of Genetic Testing -- Regulatory Issues in Clinical and Laboratory Genetics in Developing Countries; Examples from Latin America -- Assuring Quality When Establishing Medical Genetic Services in Middle- and Low-Income Nations -- Clinical Validity and Utility of Genetic Testing in Heritable Disorders -- Clinical Validity and Utility of Genetic Testing in Common Multifactorial Diseases -- The Quality of Genetic Screening: An Integral Approach -- The Use of Principles in Allocating Scarce Health Care Resources for Genetic Tests -- Outcome Measures in Clinical Genetics Services -- Direct to Consumer Testing -- Competency Based Core Curriculum for Training Specialists in Clinical Genetics -- Ensuring Education and Quality in the Practice of Health Professionals (Non-medical) Working in Genetic Services -- Quality Issues in Clinical Genetic Services: Ethical Aspects -- Democratic Expert Influence Through Bioethical Advisory Committees? The Case of PGD Legislation in Sweden -- Quality Issues in Clinical Genetic Services; Regulatory Issues and International Conventions -- IPR Issues and High Quality Genetic Testing -- Quality Issues in the Evaluation and Regulation of Genetic Testing Services: A Public Health Approach -- Quality Management Systems and Accreditation -- External Quality Assessment in Molecular Genetic Testing -- Quality Issues in Molecular Genetic Testing -- Quality in Cytogenetics -- Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (FISH) - Quality Issues in Molecular Cytogenetics -- Quality Issues in Biochemical Genetic Testing -- Emerging Technologies, Need for Quality Assessment -- Genetic Counselling in Rare Diseases -- Genetic Counselling for Late-Onset Disorders -- Genetic Counselling for Common Diseases, Cancer Susceptibility as Paradigm -- Genetic Counselling in Disorders of Low Penetrance -- Patient Perspectives on Genetic Testing.
Keywords: Laboratory medicine; Medicine; Human genetics; Medical education; Laboratory Medicine; Medicine/Public Health, general; Human Genetics; Medical Education