Article
Predictive or not predictive: understanding the mixed messages from the patient's DNA sequence.
Journal of clinical nursing - 1 Dec 2015
Janssens A Cecile J W, Patch Christine, Skirton Heather
Abstract excerpt
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: The aim of this discussion paper is to enable nurses to understand how deoxyribonucleic acid analysis can be predictive for some diseases and not predictive for others. This will facilitate nurses to interpret genomic test results and explain them to patients. BACKGROUND: Advances in technology mean that genetic testing is now commonly performed by sequencing the majority of an individual's...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
