Expectations of the parenting experience and willingness to consider selective termination for Down Syndrome

Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 43-59

  Lawson, Karen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PREDICTION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SELECTIVE ABORTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEREOTYPY;

EID: 33644608352     PISSN: 02646838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02646830500475351     Document Type: Article

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