Direct to Consumer Testing: The Role of Laboratory Medicine

This issue of Clinics in Laboratory Medicine, guest edited by Drs. Nicole V. Tolan and Robert Nerenz, delves into the comprehensive topic of Direct to Consumer Testing, focusing on the pivotal role of laboratory medicine. This issue is one of four selected each year by our Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Milenko Jovan Tanasijevic.

Topics discussed in this issue include:

• Health Literacy
• Identifying Valuable Tests
• Challenges with At-Home and Mail-In Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing
• Self-Ordering and Interpretations
• American Association for Clinical Chemistry Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing Position Statement
• Data Disjunction
• Integration of At-Home Testing
• Wearable Devices
• Oncogene Panels and Risk Calculations
• Ethics
• Pharmacy’s Integration and Testing Offered

Product Details:

Published by: Elsevier; 1st edition (6 February 2020)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0323754449

ISBN-13: 978-0323754446