Did I really want to know this? Pregnant women's reaction to detection of a soft marker during ultrasound screening

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 87-93

  Åhman, Annika ^a   Runestam, Karin ^a   Sarkadi, Anna ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chromosomal aberrations; Ethical dilemmas; Fetal ultrasonography; Psychological aspects; Ultrasonographic soft markers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DISABILITY; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS WASTAGE; HUMAN; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; DECISION MAKING; DISCLOSURE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SPOUSES; SWEDEN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 77955926258     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2009.12.011     Document Type: Article

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