International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management (IJHTM)

International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management

2007 Vol.8 No.5

Special Issue on Genetics and Society

Guest Editor: Dr. Stuart O. Schweitzer


Pages Title and author(s)
417-425Introduction: how will health systems adopt new genetics technology?
Stuart O. Schweitzer
DOI: 10.1504/IJHTM.2007.013514
426-450Implications of genomics for the US healthcare system
Campbell Murray
DOI: 10.1504/IJHTM.2007.013515
451-463Use of genetic services for the prevention and control of birth defects in China
Yingyao Chen, Xu Qian, Stuart O. Schweitzer
DOI: 10.1504/IJHTM.2007.013516
464-477Umbilical cord blood banking: economic and therapeutic challenges
Gregory Katz-Benichou
DOI: 10.1504/IJHTM.2007.013517
478-491HIV/AIDS and the genetic revolution – custom tailoring antiretroviral regimens in the management of HIV
Rami Kantor, Jonathan Gershoni
DOI: 10.1504/IJHTM.2007.013518
492-502The use of routinely collected clinical data for large-scale pharmacogenetic studies
James Mackay, Ailsa Taylor
DOI: 10.1504/IJHTM.2007.013519
503-521Industrial policy for 'new' industries in 'old' Europe: virtual cluster in genetics in Italy
Marco R. Di Tommaso, Lauretta Rubini
DOI: 10.1504/IJHTM.2007.013520
522-535Assessing the clinical utility of genetic tests: implications for health technology assessment
Paul M. Brown, Linda D. Cameron, Jeanne Reeve
DOI: 10.1504/IJHTM.2007.013521
536-548Conceptualising the impact of genetic testing on cancer disparities in the USA
Ninez A. Ponce, Aimee Afable-Munsuz, Robert J. Nordyke
DOI: 10.1504/IJHTM.2007.013522
549-570Healthcare and other social aspects of genetics: a judicial perspective
Justice Ming W. Chin
DOI: 10.1504/IJHTM.2007.013523

Submitted paper

571-583Setting safety standards by designing a low-budget and compatible patient identification system based on passive RFID technology
C. Thuemmler, W. Buchanan, V. Kumar
DOI: 10.1504/IJHTM.2007.013524