People who influence women's decisions and preferred sources of information about prenatal testing for birth defects

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 233-238

  Jaques, Alice M ^a,b   Bell, Robin J ^b,c   Watson, Lyndsey ^d   Halliday, Jane L ^a,b,e  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e Birth Defects Register   (Australia)

Author keywords

Decision making; Influencing factors; Information sources; Prenatal diagnosis; Prenatal screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH DEFECT; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHORION VILLUS SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICIAN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPONSIBILITY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SUPPORT GROUP;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; VICTORIA;

EID: 3242757589     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2004.00225.x     Document Type: Article

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