The influence of experiential knowledge on prenatal screening and testing decisions

Genetic Testing

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 115-124

  Etchegary, Holly ^a   Potter, Beth ^a   Howley, Heather ^a   Cappelli, Mario ^b   Coyle, Doug ^a   Graham, Ian ^a   Walker, Mark ^c   Wilson, Brenda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL SCREENING; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 41449084590     PISSN: 10906576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/gte.2007.0057     Document Type: Article

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