The travesty of choosing after positive prenatal diagnosis

JOGNN - Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 307-318

  Sandelowski, Margarete ^a   Barroso, Julie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Perinatal loss; Prenatal diagnosis; Qualitative metasynthesis; Research integration; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CALCULATION; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY COUNSELING; FETUS MALFORMATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MARITAL THERAPY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PUBLICATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RACE; REVIEW; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 21244469053     PISSN: 08842175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0884217505276291     Document Type: Review

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