National Confidential Enquiry into counselling for genetic disorders by non-geneticists: General recommendations and specific standards for improving care

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 106, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 658-663

  Harris, Rodney ^a   Lane, Beverley ^a   Harris, Hilary ^b   Williamson, Paula ^c   Dodge, John ^d   Modell, Bernadette ^e   Ponder, Bruce ^f   Rodeck, Charles ^e   Alberman, Eva ^g  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Brooklands Medical Practice   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d SINGLETON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^f ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g University College London Medical School ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DOWN SYNDROME; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; MULTIPLE ENDOCRINE NEOPLASIA; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENETIC SCREENING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0033005138     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1999.tb08364.x     Document Type: Article

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