Women who are well informed about prenatal genetic screening delay emotional attachment to their fetus

Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 34-41

  Rowe, Heather ^a   Fisher, Jane ^a   Quinlivan, Julie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (Australia)

Author keywords

decision making; emotional aspects; informed decisions; maternal fetal attachment; parent child relations; Prenatal genetic screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; FETUS; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRENATAL SCREENING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SELF REPORT; SPEECH;

ADULT; AFFECT; AWARENESS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MASS SCREENING; MATERNAL-FETAL RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67651148026     PISSN: 0167482X     EISSN: 17438942     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01674820802292130     Document Type: Article

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