'It's just one of the best tests that we've got at the moment': The presentation of nuchal translucency screening for fetal abnormality in pregnancy

Discourse and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 451-465

  Pilnick, Alison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antenatal screening; Choice; Conversation analysis; Routinization

Indexed keywords

EID: 3142717769     PISSN: 09579265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0957926504043710     Document Type: Article

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