Understandings of Down's syndrome: A Q methodological investigation

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1188-1200

  Bryant, Louise D ^a   Green, Josephine M ^b   Hewison, Jenny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Down's syndrome; Informed choice; Q methodology; UK

Indexed keywords

ABNORMALITY; CHILD; SURVEY BY SUBJECT OR DISCIPLINE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOCIETY; STATISTICS;

DECISION MAKING; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33745820307     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.03.004     Document Type: Article

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