Counselling strategies in the prenatal diagnosis of major heart abnormality

Heart Lung and Circulation

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 261-265

  Menahem, Samuel ^a,b   Grimwade, James ^b  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Counselling; Diagnosis; Echocardiography; Fetus; Heart abnormality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; DECISION MAKING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DISEASE; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART FUNCTION; HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCINTISCANNING;

EID: 4844231889     PISSN: 14439506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2004.06.009     Document Type: Article

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