The Family History: Reemergence of an Established Tool

Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 149-158

  Hinton Jr , Robert B ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; BREAST TUMOR; DNA SEQUENCE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; INHERITANCE; INTENSIVE CARE; METHODOLOGY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING DISCIPLINE; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; REVIEW; SUDDEN DEATH;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CRITICAL CARE; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIALTIES, NURSING; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 42149160004     PISSN: 08995885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2008.01.004     Document Type: Review

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