Should all pregnant women have an ultrasound examination?

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 102-106

  Chervenak, Frank A ^a,c   McCullough, Laurence B ^b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefit risk assessment; Cost benefit analysis; Ethics; Pregnancy; Ultrasonography, prenatal

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL ETHICS; PREGNANCY; REVIEW;

GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; FREEDOM; HUMANS; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY MAINTENANCE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0031837208     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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