Different perceptions and attitudes regarding prenatal testing among service providers and consumers in Israel

Community Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 242-251

  Mishori Dery, Anat ^a,b   Carmi, Rivka ^a,b   Shoham Vardi, Ilana ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Consumer preferences; Health care providers; Prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAMEDICAL PROFESSION; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; SECULARISM; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 34748857984     PISSN: 14222795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000106563     Document Type: Article

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