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Ethical, legal, psychosocial, and cultural implications of genomics for oncology nurses.
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PMID:  21255713     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Data-Review    
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OBJECTIVES: To summarize the role of oncology nurses in the ethical, legal, psychosocial, and cultural issues inherent in genetic testing for hereditary cancer risk and to describe the recent trend and implications of direct-to-consumer genetic tests.
DATA SOURCES: Published articles/books, legal rulings, professional organization statements.
CONCLUSIONS: Ethical, legal, psychosocial, and cultural implications are inherent in the growing field of genetic science that is transforming modern health care.
IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING PRACTICE: Nurses have a duty to be knowledgeable about and advocate for the ethical integration of genetic/genomic information into their patient's health care.
Authors:
John Twomey
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Seminars in oncology nursing     Volume:  27     ISSN:  1878-3449     ISO Abbreviation:  Semin Oncol Nurs     Publication Date:  2011 Feb 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-01-24     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8504688     Medline TA:  Semin Oncol Nurs     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  54-63     Citation Subset:  IM; N    
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Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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