Quality Issues in Clinical Genetic Services

• 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 inSweden.- 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.

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)