Tag: healthcare
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Social, Legal, and Ethical Challenges to Pharmacogenetics
George Livingston M.S. in Biochemistry Introduction The challenges of implementing pharmacogenomics (PGx) into common practice in the medical field can be categorized as social, ethical, or legal [2]. Social issues in PGx have a lot to do with public perceptions of the practice, for the general population has very little working knowledge of this emerging field…
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A Comparison of Parenteral Routes of Medication Administration
George Livingston M.S. in Biochemistry Introduction The word parenteral can be broken down into its prefix and root word. The prefix par- means with or alongside, and the root word -enteral refers to the enteric system associated with the gastrointestinal tract. Parenteral routes of administration work with or alongside the gastrointestinal system because medications administered this…
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