The effects of ethnicity, education and an informational video on pregnant women's knowledge and decisions about a prenatal diagnostic screening test

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 135-146

  Browner, C H ^a   Preloran, Mabel ^a   Press, Nancy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity and medical care; Prenatal diagnostic screening; Video instruction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT INFORMATION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 0029971687     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0738-3991(95)00796-2     Document Type: Article

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