Medical & Molecular Genetics
Selected eBooks
Counseling about Cancer by ISBN: 9780470081501Publication Date: 2012Important scientific discoveries and complex ever-changing data on how to identify and manage patients with hereditary risk for cancer.
Ethical Dilemmas in Genetics and Genetic Counseling by ISBN: 9780199944897Publication Date: 2015Timely ethical issues arising in the genetics clinic and laboratory, including prenatal and pre-implantation genetic diagnosis, assisted reproductive technologies, incidental findings in genetic testing, gene patenting, testing children for adult onset disorders, and direct to consumer testing.
The Practical Guide to the Genetic Family History by ISBN: 9780470040720Publication Date: 2010Shows how to take a medical-family history and record a pedigree, and diagnose conditions with a genetic component. Aids in recommending genetic testing and genetic counseling, determining patterns of inheritance, calculating risk of disease, and informing and educating patients.
Smith's Recognizable Patterns of Human Malformation (8th ed) by ISBN: 9780323638821Publication Date: 2022Guidance to accurately diagnose multiple malformation syndromes of environmental and genetic etiology, as well as recognizable disorders of unknown cause. Helps establish prognoses, and provide appropriate management and genetic counseling.
Professional Resources
GeneReviews - Expert-authored, peer-reviewed disease descriptions focused on clinically relevant information on genetic disorder diagnosis, management, and genetic counseling.
Genetic Alliance - Nonprofit health advocacy organization with a network includes more than 1,200 disease-specific advocacy organizations as well as thousands of universities, private companies, government agencies, and public policy organizations. (patient resource)
Genetic Testing Registry - A voluntary registry of genetic tests and laboratories, with detailed information about the tests such as what is measured and analytic and clinical validity
National Human Genome Research Institute - Nonprofit health advocacy organization with a network includes more than 1,200 disease-specific advocacy organizations as well as thousands of universities, private companies, government agencies, and public policy organizations.
Genetics & Medicine Portal (National Center for Biotechnology Information)
Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM) - Comprehensive, authoritative compendium of human genes and genetic phenotypes.
UCSC Genome Browser - Welcome to the UCSC Genome Browser website. This site contains the reference sequence and working draft assemblies for a large collection of genomes.
Practice Guidelines
Genetic Counseling Practice Guidelines (National Guideline Clearinghouse)