Exploring general practitioners' experience of informing women about prenatal screening tests for foetal abnormalities: A qualitative focus group study

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Nagle, Cate ^a,b   Lewis, Sharon ^a   Meiser, Bettina ^c   Gunn, Jane ^b   Halliday, Jane ^a,b   Bell, Robin ^d  

^a MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DISABILITY; AUSTRALIA; CONSULTATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FETUS DISEASE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT INFORMATION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRENATAL SCREENING; RURAL AREA; SCREENING TEST; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FETUS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FETUS; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 46449120111     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-8-114     Document Type: Article

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