Women's experience of pre-implantation genetic diagnosis: A qualitative study

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 771-777

  Karatas, J C ^a,b   Barlow Stewart, K ^a,b   Strong, K A ^c   Meiser, B ^d   McMahon, C ^e   Roberts, C ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f Sydney IVF   (Australia)

Author keywords

Interviews; Lived experience; PGD; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROL; EMBRYO; EMPOWERMENT; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INJURY; MATERNAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PREIMPLANTATION GENETIC DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREIMPLANTATION DIAGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77955114299     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.2542     Document Type: Article

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