A historical comparison of the development of specialist genetic nursing in the United Kingdom and Japan

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 231-236

  Skirton, Heather ^a,c   Arimori, Naoko ^b   Aoki, Mikiko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b ST LUKE'S INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genetics; Japan; Nursing; Professional competence; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETICS NURSING; HEALTH SERVICE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; JAPAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NURSING PRACTICE; PREDICTION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; REGISTRATION; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS, MEDICAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; JAPAN; LICENSURE, NURSING; NURSE CLINICIANS; NURSE'S ROLE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; SPECIALTIES, NURSING;

EID: 33750528189     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: 14422018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2006.00288.x     Document Type: Review

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