Clinical implications of the ethics of informed consent for first-trimester risk assessment for trisomy 21

Seminars in Perinatology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 277-279

  Chervenak, Frank A ^a   McCullough, Laurence B ^b   Chasen, Stephen T ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics; First trimester; Informed consent; Nuchal translucency; Risk assessment; Trisomy 21

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRISOMY 21;

DOWN SYNDROME; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 23644460874     PISSN: 01460005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semperi.2005.05.012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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