Download or read book Current Practice of Prenatal Diagnosis in Canada written by Canada. Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies and published by Canadian Government Publishing. This book was released on 1993 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume documents in some detail current practices in prenatal diagnosis and testing in Canada today and, in the process, provides answers to many questions raised in the Commission's public consultations. This is done through an analysis of the activities of all Canadian genetics centres providing PND, as well as an analysis of the process by which women are referred to these centres. Other studies in the volume focus not on prenatal diagnostic procedures but on prenatal screening programs. These programs involve a wider range of physicians, often including general practitioners, and the studies examine how such programs have been introduced in Canada and the extent to which, in this wider arena, they conform to the standards established for the introduction of prenatal diagnostic techniques.
Download or read book Assessing Genetic Risks written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Raising hopes for disease treatment and prevention, but also the specter of discrimination and "designer genes," genetic testing is potentially one of the most socially explosive developments of our time. This book presents a current assessment of this rapidly evolving field, offering principles for actions and research and recommendations on key issues in genetic testing and screening. Advantages of early genetic knowledge are balanced with issues associated with such knowledge: availability of treatment, privacy and discrimination, personal decision-making, public health objectives, cost, and more. Among the important issues covered: Quality control in genetic testing. Appropriate roles for public agencies, private health practitioners, and laboratories. Value-neutral education and counseling for persons considering testing. Use of test results in insurance, employment, and other settings.
Download or read book D pistage G n tique Et la Vie Priv e written by Privacy Commissioner of Canada and published by Commissaire à la protection de la vie privée. This book was released on 1992 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report gives a simplified description of the scientific fundamentals of genetic testing and describes its present applications; establishes broad privacy principles to guide both the public and private sectors on testing matters; examines specifically how the Privacy Act regulates genetic testing by government institutions; and addresses the growing need to consider regulating private sector genetic testing. A summary of positions taken by other countries and international organizations on privacy and genetic testing is also included.
Download or read book Background and Current Practice of Fetal Tissue and Embryo Research in Canada written by Canada. Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies and published by Canadian Government Publishing. This book was released on 1993 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These research studies cover human embryo and fetal tissue research, providing a concise overview of the subject; legal issues in embryo and fetal tissue research and therapy; origins, state of the art, future applications, and implications of human fetal tissue research; a survey of use and handling of human reproductive tissues in Canadian health care facilities; a survey of medical laboratories and medical waste disposal firms related to use and handling of human reproductive tissues; embryo transfer and related technologies in domestic animals; and the past, present, and future of human embryo research.
Download or read book What Mothers Say written by Sharon Bartholomew and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Prenatal Testing and Disability Rights written by Erik Parens and published by Georgetown University Press. This book was released on 2000-09-28 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As prenatal tests proliferate, the medical and broader communities perceive that such testing is a logical extension of good prenatal care—it helps parents have healthy babies. But prenatal tests have been criticized by the disability rights community, which contends that advances in science should be directed at improving their lives, not preventing them. Used primarily to decide to abort a fetus that would have been born with mental or physical impairments, prenatal tests arguably reinforce discrimination against and misconceptions about people with disabilities. In these essays, people on both sides of the issue engage in an honest and occasionally painful debate about prenatal testing and selective abortion. The contributors include both people who live with and people who theorize about disabilities, scholars from the social sciences and humanities, medical geneticists, genetic counselors, physicians, and lawyers. Although the essayists don't arrive at a consensus over the disability community's objections to prenatal testing and its consequences, they do offer recommendations for ameliorating some of the problems associated with the practice.
Download or read book Birth Settings in America written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2020-05-01 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The delivery of high quality and equitable care for both mothers and newborns is complex and requires efforts across many sectors. The United States spends more on childbirth than any other country in the world, yet outcomes are worse than other high-resource countries, and even worse for Black and Native American women. There are a variety of factors that influence childbirth, including social determinants such as income, educational levels, access to care, financing, transportation, structural racism and geographic variability in birth settings. It is important to reevaluate the United States' approach to maternal and newborn care through the lens of these factors across multiple disciplines. Birth Settings in America: Outcomes, Quality, Access, and Choice reviews and evaluates maternal and newborn care in the United States, the epidemiology of social and clinical risks in pregnancy and childbirth, birth settings research, and access to and choice of birth settings.
Download or read book Fundamental and Advanced Fetal Imaging written by Beth Kline-Fath and published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. This book was released on 2014-09-09 with total page 2503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Effectively evaluate obstetric patients with Fundamental and Advanced Fetal Imaging: Ultrasound and MRI! Written by an impressive roster of leading fetal radiologists and maternal-fetal medicine specialists, with additional input from cardiologists, geneticists, and Doppler specialists, this state-of-the-art reference explores how to obtain the maximum information from fetal ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging, so you can rule out pathologies with confidence – or identify them early enough to initiate the most appropriate interventions.
Download or read book The Tentative Pregnancy written by Barbara Katz Rothman and published by Penguin Group. This book was released on 1987 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cross cultural Medicine written by JudyAnn Bigby and published by ACP Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the United States population becomes increasingly diverse, the need for guidelines to assure competent healthcare among minorities becomes ever more urgent. Cross-Cultural Medicine provides important background information on various racial, ethnic, and cultural groups, their general health problems and risks, and spiritual and religious issues. Individual chapters are devoted to the special concerns of several groups: blacks and African Americans, Latinos, American Indians and Native Alaskans, Asian Americans, and Arab Americans and American Muslims. These chapters lay the foundation for exploring an individual's health beliefs and concerns in the context of his or her sociocultural experiences.
Download or read book Prenatal and Preimplantation Diagnosis written by Joann Paley Galst and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-08-26 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book aims to expand the awareness and understanding of the emotional sequelae of prenatal/preimplantation diagnosis, prenatal decision-making, pregnancy interruption for fetal anomaly, multifetal reduction for high-order multifetal pregnancies and preimplantation choices involving the selection of embryos. Featuring a multi-disciplinary approach, it examines prenatal and preimplantation diagnosis from medical, legal, ethical and psychosocial perspectives. Prenatal and Preimplantation Diagnosis is an excellent resource for obstetricians, reproductive endocrinologists, clinical geneticists, genetic counselors and mental health professionals seeking to better support patients faced with difficult choices.
Download or read book Noninvasive Prenatal Testing NIPT written by Lieve Page-Christiaens and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2018-08-19 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its introduction in 2012, cell-free (cf) DNA based Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing (NIPT) has been employed to test for fetal chromosome abnormalities, and gene mutations that lead to a variety of genetic conditions, by millions of pregnant women, in more than 90 countries worldwide. With Noninvasive Prenatal Testing (NIPT): Applied Genomics in Prenatal Screening and Diagnosis, Dr Lieve Page-Christiaens and Dr Hanns-Georg Klein have compiled the first authoritative volume on cfDNA NIPT methods and their clinical implementation. - Provides a thorough, practical examination of the history of NIPT, NIPT laboratory techniques and bioinformatics, NIPT screening and diagnostics for a wide range of disorders and birth defects - Presents leading, international experts who discuss the application of NIPT in early screening for common aneuploidies, fetal chromosome anomalies, autosomal trisomies, fetal blood group typing, and maternal constitutional and acquired copy number variants - Includes full color imagery that enhances concept illustration, along with detailed descriptions of the benefits (and limitations) of NIPT - Offers clinicians, researchers, genetic counselors and reproductive specialists of all kinds the required background information, methodologies and essential patient counseling techniques
Download or read book Canadian Guidelines on Sexually Transmitted Infections written by and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Handbook of DNA Profiling written by Hirak Ranjan Dash and published by Springer. This book was released on 2022-06-29 with total page 1206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This reference book comprehensively reviews the significance of DNA technology in forensic science. After presenting the theory, basic principles, tools and techniques that are used in forensic DNA typing, it summarizes various techniques, including autosomal STR, Y-STR, X-STR, mitochondrial DNA and NGS, used in solving both criminal as and civil cases, such as paternity disputes, identification of mutilated remains, and culprit identification in sexual assault and murder cases. It also provides an overview of DNA-based genetic diagnostics for various diseases, and discusses the role of DNA typing in drug reactions, as well as the application of non-human DNA profiling of animals and plants in forensic science investigations. Lastly, the book examines the role of internal quality control in maintaining the high quality of DNA profiling.
Download or read book Family centred Maternity and Newborn Care written by Canada. Health and Welfare Canada and published by Health and Welfare Canada. This book was released on 1987 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Prenatal Diagnosis written by Canada. Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies and published by Canadian Government Publishing. This book was released on 1993 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume outlines the development of prenatal diagnosis in Canada and what is known about its risks and long-term effects; discusses the risks of prenatal diagnosis; provides the results of a survey on post-natal medical and psychological effects of prenatal diagnosis on offspring; gives a demographic and geographic analysis of the users of prenatal diagnosis services in Canada; describes the perceptions, attitudes, and experiences of women in Winnipeg over age 35; provides a qualitative study of Manitoba women's experiences with technology in pregnancy; reviews critical views of prenatal diagnosis and its impact on attitudes toward persons with disabilities; and describes parental reaction and adaptability to the prenatal diagnosis of genetic disease leading to pregnancy termination.
Download or read book The Canadian Guide to Clinical Preventive Health Care written by Canadian Task Force on the Periodic Health Examination and published by Canadian Government Publishing. This book was released on 1994 with total page 1088 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is designed to serve as a practical guide to clinicians, health professionals, professional associations and health care planners in determining the inclusion or exclusion, content and frequency of a wide variety of preventive health interventions. Topics covered are: prenatal and perinatal preventive care; pediatric preventive care; immunization of children and adults; preventive dental care; disorders of the genitourinary tract; prevention of psychosocial illness and diseases of lifestyle; metabolic/nutritional disorders; circulatory disorders; other infectious diseases; neoplasms; and, conditions affecting primarily the elderly.
