The role of genetic counseling in the elective termination of pregnancies involving fetuses with disabilities

Journal of Special Education

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 48-55

  Roberts, Christy D ^a   Stough, Laura M ^b   Parrish, Linda H ^b  

^a LEWIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONGENITAL DISORDER; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DECISION MAKING; DOWN SYNDROME; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; UNITED STATES;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

ABNORMALITIES; ABORTION, EUGENIC; AGE FACTORS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; DATA COLLECTION; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036012261     PISSN: 00224669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00224669020360010501     Document Type: Article

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