Women of advanced maternal age undergoing amniocentesis: A period of uncertainty

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 2829-2837

  Sun, Jui Chiung ^a,b   Hsia, Ping Hui ^c   Sheu, Shuh Jen ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG JUNG CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Advanced maternal age; Amniocentesis; Grounded theory; Nurses; Nursing; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; TAIWAN; UNCERTAINTY;

AMNIOCENTESIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; TAIWAN; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 53849127511     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2007.02263.x     Document Type: Article

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