Prenatal genetic services for down’s syndrome: Access and provision in 1990–1991

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 103, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 676-683

  Williamson, P ^a   Harris, R ^a   Church, S ^a   Fiddler, M ^a   Rhind, J ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FETUS; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; COMMUNICATION; DOWN SYNDROME; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PEDIGREE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WALES;

EID: 0029907319     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1996.tb09837.x     Document Type: Article

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