Ethical decision-making in prenatal diagnosis and termination of pregnancy: A qualitative survey among physicians and midwives

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 811-817

  Garel, M ^a   Gosme Seguret, S ^b   Kaminski, M ^a   Cuttini, M ^c,d  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b HÔPITAL SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL   (France)

^c Regional Health Agency of Tuscany   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH IRCCS BURLO GAROFOLO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ethical dilemmas; Midwives; Obstetricians; Prenatal diagnosis; Termination of pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNITY WARD; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MIDWIFE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

ABORTION, EUGENIC; ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DATA COLLECTION; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS, MEDICAL; ETHICS, PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MIDWIFERY; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0036733293     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.427     Document Type: Article

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