Amniocentesis Due to Advanced Maternal Age: The Role of Marital Intimacy in Couples' Decision-Making Process

Contemporary Family Therapy

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 128-142

  Nazaré, Bárbara ^a   Fonseca, Ana ^a   Gameiro, Sofia ^a,b   Canavarro, Maria Cristina ^a   Dattilio, Frank M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced maternal age; Amniocentesis; Couple interdependency; Decision making; Marital intimacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956270492     PISSN: 08922764     EISSN: 15733335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10591-011-9151-9     Document Type: Article

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