Sept. 19, 2019

At Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital, the frontiers of human genetics are being advanced through rapid whole genome sequencing, a technique that allows physicians insight into the causes of previously undiagnosed diseases and provides information for improving patient outcomes.

What happens when a patient becomes too ill make medical decisions for him- or herself? If the patient previously completed advance directives forms and named a healthcare representative to make those decisions, hospital staff work with ...