Midwives' attitudes to and knowledge about a newly introduced foetal screening method

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 287-293

  Ekelin, Maria ^a   Crang Svalenius, Elizabeth ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Education; Ethics; Information; Maternity care; Midwives; Nuchal translucency; Screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCIENCE; SCREENING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DOWN SYNDROME; ECHOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; FEMALE; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MASS SCREENING; MATERNAL AGE; METHODOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE MIDWIFE; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT; STANDARD; SWEDEN;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MASS SCREENING; MATERNAL AGE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; NURSE MIDWIVES; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF EFFICACY; SWEDEN;

EID: 16544367455     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2004.00285.x     Document Type: Article

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