Suggested components of the curriculum for nurses and midwives to enable them to develop essential knowledge and skills in genetics

Journal of Community Genetics

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 323-329

  Skirton, Heather ^a   Barnoy, Sivia ^b   Erdem, Yurdagul ^c   Ingvoldstad, Charlotta ^d   Pestoff, Rebecka ^e   Teksen, Fulya ^f   Williams, Jessica ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c KIRIKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^g Wessex Regional Genetics Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; EUROPE; GENETICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MIDWIFE; MIDWIFERY EDUCATION; NURSE; NURSING EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORKSHOP;

EID: 84869142355     PISSN: 1868310X     EISSN: 18686001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12687-012-0098-9     Document Type: Article

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