Latinas, amniocentesis and the discourse of choice

Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 353-375

  Browner, C H ^a   Preloran, H Mabel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECHOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ABNORMALITIES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; CALIFORNIA; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0034276598     PISSN: 0165005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005671703311     Document Type: Article

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