Introduction
Part I: Basics of Genetics and Human Genetics

1. Human Genetic Disease
2. Basic and Molecular Biology: An Introduction
3. Human Variation and Its Applications
4. Gene Action and Patterns of Inheritance

Part II: Major Genetic Disorders

5. Cytogenetic Disorders
6. Inherited Biochemical Disorders
7. Birth Defects and Congenital Anomalies

Part III: Assessing and Intervening with Clients and Families at Genetic Risk

8. Impact of Genetic Diseases on the Family Unit
9. Assessment of Genetic Disorders
10. Genetic Counseling
11. Genetic Testing and Screening
12. Prenatal Diagnosis
13. The Vulnerable Fetus
14. Reproductive and Genetic Effects of Environment Chemicals and Radiation
15. Therapeutic Modalities

Part IV: The Role of Genetics in Common Situations, Conditions, and Diseases

16. Genetics and the Common Diseases: Methods, Problems, and Pitfalls
17. Twinning and Twin Studies
18. Drug Therapy and Genetics--Pharmacogenetics and Pharmacogenomics
19. Genetics and the Immune System
20. Mental Retardation
21. Aging, Longevity and Alzheimer Disease
22. Emphysema, Liver Disease, and Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency
23. Cancer
24. Diabetes Mellitus
25. Mental Illness and Behavior
26. Heart Disease

Part V: In Closing

27. Genes and Future Generations

Glossary
Appendix A: Useful Genetics Web sites for Professional Information
Appendix B: Organizations and Groups with Web sites that Provide Information, Products, and Services for Genetic Conditions

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Felissa R. Lashley (formerly Cohen), RN, PhD, ACRN, FACMG, FAAN, is professor and Dean of the College of Nursing at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, an appointment she assumed in November, 2002 as well as interim director of the Nursing Center for Bioterrorism and Emerging Infectious Diseases Preparedness. Immediately prior to this appointment she was professor and Dean of the School of Nursing, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville from 1995-2002. She also was a clinical professor of pediatrics at the SIU School of Medicine. Before taking that position she was professor and Head of the Department of Medical-Surgical Nursing at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Nursing, Clinical Chief for Medical-Surgical Nursing at the University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics, and director of the Center for Narcolepsy. She received her BS, RN from Adelphi College, her MA in medical surgical nursing/higher education from New York University and her PhD from Illinois State University in human genetics. She has a certificate in medical genetics from Jackson Laboratories.

Dr. Lashley is certified as a PhD medical geneticist by the American Board of Medical Genetics (the first nurse to be so certified), is an AIDS certified registered nurse, and is a founding fellow of the American College of Medical Genetics. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing.

Dr. Lashley received the 2000 Research Recognition Award for Outstanding Research from the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, and was member of the year for SLANAC in 2002. In March, 2003 she received the distinguished alumni award from Illinois State University, and in 2005 was initiated into their Hall of Fame. In 1999, she received the Distinguished Nurse Research Award from the Illinois Nurses Association. She also received the SAGE award for mentoring nurse leaders in 2001 from the Illinois Leadership Institute. She is a distinguished lecturer for Sigma Theta Tau, International, and was an associate editor of the journal, IMAGE: The Journal of Nursing Scholarship. She is a member of the Board of Directors of Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, NJ, and of the statewide NJ MEDPREP committee. She has been selected as a "woman of excellence" by the New Jersey Women In AIDS Network.