Why is it important to know about patients family history

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Many people's comorbidities or health conditions can be affected by their genetics or the environment in which they live and grew up in.

1. Outline your understanding of how a person's environment and genetics may affect their health or development.

2. Discuss how a patient's family history may affect his or her own health care needs. Consider hereditary conditions, specifically relating to gender conditions, which may result in a patient being at higher risk due to their family's history. Why is it important to know about a patient's family history; how will this affect the care that health professionals provide to the patient?

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