Parents' perspectives on decision making after antenatal diagnosis of congenital heart disease

JOGNN - Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 64-70

  Rempel, Gwen R ^a   Cender, Loryle M ^b   Lynam, M Judith ^c   Sandor, George G ^b,c   Farquharson, Duncan ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S AND WOMEN S HEALTH CENTRE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d ROYAL COLUMBIAN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antenatal diagnosis; Congenital heart disease; Decision making; Fetal cardiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NURSE ATTITUDE; PARENT COUNSELING; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; HUMAN RELATION; NEWBORN; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; THERAPEUTIC ABORTION;

ABORTION, THERAPEUTIC; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AMNIOCENTESIS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PARENTS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 21244432724     PISSN: 08842175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0884217503261092     Document Type: Article

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