A report of two linked studies of knowledge and attitudes to prenatal screening and testing in adults of reproductive age in Japan and the UK

Midwifery

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 270-280

  Skirton, Heather ^a   Murakami, Kyoko ^b   Ito, Misae ^b   Nakagomi, Satako ^c   Iino, Hidechika ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fetal abnormality; Midwifery; Nursing; Pregnancy; Reproduction; Screening; Survey; Termination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL DISORDER; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FETUS DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; JAPAN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; GENETIC SCREENING; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 48349110479     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2006.10.009     Document Type: Article

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