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. 2016 Jun 6;41(3):e52–e59. doi: 10.1093/hsw/hlw022

Table 2:

Infusing Genetic and Genomic Learning into ’Social Work Curricula: Getting Started

Elective Course Content Selected Materials
Social work in health care
  • Inheritance, common conditions

  • Gene × environment

  • Genetic technology and life course

  • Direct practice skills with uncertainty

  • Gehlert, S., & Browne, T. (2011). Handbook of health social work (2nd ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.

  • Kerson, T. S., & McCoyd, J. L. (2010). Social work in health settings: Practice in context (3rd ed.). New York: Routledge.

  • National Human Genome Research Institute. (2015, March 20). Online genetics education resources. Retrieved from http://www.genome.gov/10000464

Social work with families
  • Family planning and reprogenetics

  • Mutigenerational family caregiving and coping

  • Miller, S. M., & McDaniel, S. H. (2006). Individuals, families, and the new era of genetics: Biopsychosocial perspectives. New York: W. W. Norton.

  • Tercyak, K. P. (2010). Handbook of genomics and the family. New York: Springer.

Health policy
  • Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010

  • Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008

  • Precision Medicine Initiative