BookU. Kristoffersson, J. Schmidtke, J.-J. Cassiman, editors.
Contents:
Improving quality and harmonization of standards in clinical genetic services in Europe: the EuroGentest Network of Excellence
The CanGeneTest 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 teesting 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 prinicples 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 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
Index.