Quality Issues in Clinical Genetic Services

Inbunden, Engelska, 2010

Av Ulf Kristoffersson, Jörg Schmidtke, J. J. Cassiman, Jorg Schmidtke, J J Cassiman

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With the increasing possibilities of performing molecular genetic testing, genetic laboratories needed to become involved in this process.As many genetic disorders are rare, most laboratories worldwide offered analysis for a specific set of disorders, and, therefore, very early on a transborder flow of samples occurred.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2010-05-11
Mått155 x 235 x 30 mm
Vikt758 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor393
Upplaga2010
FörlagSpringer
ISBN9789048139187

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From the reviews: "Aims to support professionals who wish to implement quality management in order to improve the quality of services ... . serve both as a concise reference work and as an informative introduction to the topic ... . a comprehensive and valuable compendium of quality issues presented by leading experts in the field. ... should be of interest to a wide range of readers: clinical geneticists, genetic counsellors, laboratory geneticists, researchers, healthcare managers, policy advisors of specialist societies, policy makers and other stakeholders around the globe."--- (Edward M. Leter, Journal of Community Genetics, Vol. 2, 2011)