Health professionals' reports of information given to parents following the prenatal diagnosis of sex chromosome anomalies and outcomes of pregnancies: A pilot study

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 535-538

  Hall, Sue ^a   Abramsky, Lenore ^b   Marteau, Theresa M ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Counselling; Health professionals; Pregnancy outcome; Sex chromosome anomalies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT INFORMATION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SEX CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; TURNER SYNDROME;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

ABORTION, INDUCED; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; PARENTS; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; SEX CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS;

EID: 0043268723     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.637     Document Type: Article

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