Birth Defects: A Learning Programme for Profesionals

by The Perinatal Education Programme, Dave Woods (Editor)

Birth Defects was written for healthcare workers who look after individuals with birth defects, their families, and women who are at increased risk of giving birth to an infant with a birth defect. Special attention is given * modes of inheritance * medical genetic counselling * birth defects due to chromosomal abnormalities * single gene defects * teratogens * multifactorial inheritance This book is being used in the Genetics Education Programme which trains healthcare workers in genetic counselling in South Africa.

148 pages, Paperback

First published May 27, 2010