Birth Defects - Counselling and Caring for Children with Birth Defects (Paperback, Updated)

Birth Defects was written for healthcare workers who look after individuals with birth defects, their families, and women who are at increased risk of giving birth to an infant with a birth defect. Special attention is given to: * modes of inheritance * medical genetic counselling * birth defects due to chromosomal abnormalities * single gene defects * teratogens * multifactorial inheritance This book is being used in the Genetics Education Programme which trains healthcare workers in genetic counselling in South Africa.