An exploration of midwives' and obstetricians' knowledge of genetic screening in pregnancy and their perception of appropriate counselling

Midwifery

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 133-141

  Bramwell, Ros ^a   Carter, Deborah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL GENETICS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE MIDWIFE; NURSING EDUCATION; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS, MEDICAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE MIDWIVES; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0035374389     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/midw.2000.0243     Document Type: Article

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