Attitudes toward the acceptability of reasons for pregnancy termination due to fetal abnormalities among prenatal care providers and consumers in Israel

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 518-524

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

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fetal abnormality; Prenatal care consumers; Prenatal care providers; Termination of pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FETUS DISEASE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ISRAEL; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 46749123591     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.2017     Document Type: Article

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