Guttmacher A E, Jenkins J, Uhlmann W R
National Human Genome Research Institute of the National Institutes of Health Bethesda, MD 20892-2152, USA.
Am J Med Genet. 2001 Fall;106(3):216-22. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.10008.
The Human Genome Project and other recent developments will broaden and increase the importance of genetics in health care. "Clinical genetics" will become "genomic medicine" and will no longer be almost the sole purview of genetic specialists-medical geneticists, genetic counselors, and genetic advanced practice nurses. The changing use of genetics in health care will require the acquisition of new knowledge, skills, and attitudes by many health care professionals who are not genetic specialists. Such health care professionals will not only be necessary to the widespread integration of genetics into clinical care, but they will make unique contributions to this integration that will add to the quality of genomic medicine. This new use of genetics in health care will also allow, even require, new ways of working for genetic specialists, who will continue to occupy unique and vital roles.
人类基因组计划及其他近期进展将拓宽遗传学在医疗保健领域的范畴并提升其重要性。“临床遗传学”将演变为“基因组医学”，且不再几乎仅是遗传专科医生（医学遗传学家、遗传咨询师和高级遗传执业护士）的专属领域。遗传学在医疗保健领域应用的变化，将要求众多非遗传专科的医疗保健专业人员获取新知识、技能和态度。这些医疗保健专业人员不仅对遗传学广泛融入临床护理至关重要，而且他们将为这种融合做出独特贡献，从而提升基因组医学的质量。遗传学在医疗保健领域的这种新应用也将允许甚至要求遗传专科医生采用新的工作方式，而他们将继续发挥独特且至关重要的作用。
