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The role of genetic assessment in determining a patients disease risk
JAAPA, 06/05/09

Rackover MA et al. - How will genomics change the way we practice medicine today? Like any good treatment plan, the answer to this critical question does not come in the form of a simple drug prescription. Instead, future treatment plans will involve a complex regimen of knowledge and a change in clinical practice methodology that incorporates the understanding that your patient's medical condition may have a genetic root cause as opposed to simply an environmental one. First we need to understand how genetics can affect a diagnosis and treatment plan which is based on information that we should already know.

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