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Youssef, Essra, Buck, Jackie 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3598-2329 and Wright, David
(2020)
Understanding pharmacogenomic testing and its role in medicine prescribing.
Nursing Standard, 35 (7).
pp. 55-60.
ISSN 0029-6570
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Abstract
When making prescribing decisions, it is important for healthcare professionals to remember that individual patients may respond differently to medicines. For example, some patients may experience a therapeutic benefit while others may experience an adverse drug reaction. The aim of personalised medicine is to tailor treatment based not only on a patient's clinical factors, but also on their genetic profile. Pharmacogenomics is a branch of personalised medicine that is concerned with how differences in people's genomes affect their response to medicines. Pharmacogenomic testing, which recently has become less expensive and increasingly available, can inform nurses' prescribing decisions and improve patient outcomes. This article discusses personalised medicine and pharmacogenomics, including how pharmacogenomic testing can optimise medicine prescribing, and explains the role of nurses in the process.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | pharmacogenomics,prescribing,medicines,pharmacists,adverse reactions,professional,clinical,nurse prescribing,genetics,ethical issues,genetic testing,pharmacology,genomics,medicine(all) ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2700 |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Science > School of Pharmacy Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > School of Health Sciences |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Patient Care Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Health Promotion Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Norwich Institute for Healthy Aging |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Jun 2020 00:14 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Jun 2023 23:48 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/75420 |
| DOI: | 10.7748/ns.2020.e11543 |
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