Attitudes towards prenatal diagnosis and termination of pregnancy for thalassaemia in pregnant Pakistani women in the North of England

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 248-257

  Ahmed, Shenaz ^a   Green, Josephine M ^b   Hewison, Jenny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Pakistani; Prenatal diagnosis; Religion; Termination; Thalassaemia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ABORTION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROUNDED THEORY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; THALASSEMIA MAJOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

ABORTION, EUGENIC; ADULT; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; ISLAM; PAKISTAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 33645397151     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.1391     Document Type: Article

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