Does offering prenatal screening influence pregnant women's attitudes regarding prenatal testing?

Community Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 368-374

  Kleinveld, Johanna H ^a   Van Den Berg, Matthijs ^a   Van Eijk, Jacques T M ^c   Van Vugt, John M G ^b   Van Der Wal, Gerrit ^a   Timmermans, Daniëlle R M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Decision making; Informed choice; Prenatal screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 49449115248     PISSN: 14222795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000133309     Document Type: Article

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