Decision-Making after Ultrasound Diagnosis of Fetal Abnormality

Reproductive Health Matters

Volumn 16, Issue 31 SUPPL., 2008, Pages 82-89

  Bijma, Hilmar H ^a   van der Heide, Agnes ^a   Wildschut, Hajo IJ ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

end of life decisions; fetal abnormality; parental decision making; prenatal screening; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS DISEASE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; NEWBORN CARE; OBSTETRIC CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABORTION, INDUCED; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; COUNSELING; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; PARENTS; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 50349089964     PISSN: 09688080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-8080(08)31372-X     Document Type: Article

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