Low uptake of prenatal screening for Down syndrome in minority ethnic groups and socially deprived groups: A reflection of women's attitudes or a failure to facilitate informed choices?

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 346-352

  Dormandy, Elizabeth ^a   Michie, Susan ^b   Hooper, Richard ^c   Marteau, Theresa M ^a  

^a Institute of Pyschiatry   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Informed choice; Screening uptake; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC MINORITY; HEALTH SERVICES; SERVICE PROVISION; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DOWN SYNDROME; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MINORITY GROUP; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; ATTITUDE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DOWN SYNDROME; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 18444378173     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyi021     Document Type: Article

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