Attitudes of Mexican geneticists towards prenatal diagnosis and selective abortion

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 426-431

  Carnevale, Alessandra ^a   Lisker, Rubén ^b   Villa, Antonio R ^c   Armendares, Salvador ^c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PEDIATRÍA   (Mexico)

^b Inst Natl de la Nutrición   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Fetal abnormality; Genetic counselling; Prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FETUS MALFORMATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL GENETICS; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SELECTIVE ABORTION;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BIOETHICS; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETICS; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

GENETTA;

EID: 0032477708     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19980203)75:4<426::AID-AJMG16>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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