Genetics for Nurses

CONTENTS-
Chapter 1 GENETICS
Chapter 2 THE CELL
Chapter 3 CHROMOSOMES, CHARACTERISTICS AND STRUCTURE OF GENE
Chapter 4 CHROMOSOMAL ABERRATIONS (ABNORMALITIES)
Chapter 5 PATTERNS OF INHERITANCE -1
Chapter 6 ERRORS IN TRANSMISSION (MUTATIONS)
Chapter 7 SEX DETERMINATION
Chapter 8 MATERNAL PRENATAL, GENETIC INFLUENCES ON DEVELOPMENT OF DEFECTS AND DISEASES
Chapter 9 PRENATAL TESTING AND DIAGNOSIS (PND)
Chapter 10 EFFECTS OF RADIATIONS, DRUGS AND CHEMICALS
Chapter 11 INFERTILITY (STERILITY)
Chapter 12 SPONTANEOUS ABORTIONS
Chapter 13 NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS (NTDs)
Chapter 14 DOWN'S SYNDROME (TRISOMY 21)
Chapter 15 GENETIC TESTING IN NEONATES AND CHILDREN
Chapter 16 DEVELOPMENTAL DELAYS AND DYSMORPHISM
Chapter 17 GENETIC CONDITIONS OF ADOLESCENTS AND ADULTS
Chapter 18 INBORN ERRORS OF METABOLISM
Chapter 19 BLOOD GROUP ALLELES AND HAEMATOLOGICAL DISORDERS
Chapter 20 GENETIC HAEMOCHROMATOSIS
Chapter 21 HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE (HD)
Chapter 22 MENTAL ILLNESS
Chapter 23 SERVICES RELATED TO GENETIC TESTING
Chapter 24 HUMAN GENOME PROJECT (HGP)
Chapter 25 GENE THERAPY
Chapter 26 THE EUGENICS MOVEMENT
Chapter 27 GENETIC COUNSELLING, LEGAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES IN GENETICS
Chapter 28 ROLE OF THE NURSE