The obstetrician's view: Ethical and societal implications of non-invasive prenatal diagnosis

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 631-634

  Smith, Richard P ^a   Lombaard, Hennie ^a   Soothill, Peter W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethics; Free fetal DNA; Non invasive prenatal diagnosis; Sex selection

Indexed keywords

FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FETUS CELL; GESTATIONAL AGE; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PATERNITY TEST; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX ALLOCATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TECHNOLOGY;

DNA; ERYTHROBLASTOSIS, FETAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBSTETRICS; PATERNITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS; SEX DETERMINATION (ANALYSIS); SEX DETERMINATION ANALYSIS; SEX PRESELECTION;

EID: 33746637072     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.1476     Document Type: Review

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