Genetic abortion: Considerations for patient care

Journal of Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 47-58

  Bourguignon, Ann ^a   Briscoe, Barbara ^b   Nemzer, Laurie ^a  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abortion; Amniocentesis; Grief; Perinatal loss; Prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; GRIEF; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; PARENT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT; THERAPEUTIC ABORTION;

GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

ABORTION, THERAPEUTIC; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; GRIEF; HUMANS; PARENTS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0033186328     PISSN: 08932190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005237-199909000-00005     Document Type: Article

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