Risk and reproductive decisions: British Pakistani couples' responses to genetic counselling

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 111-120

  Shaw, Alison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

British Pakistanis; Ethnicity; Genetic risk; Muslims; Prenatal diagnosis; Religion; Reproductive decisions; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; CULTURE; DECISION MAKING; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; HEALTH RISK; ISLAMISM; PREGNANCY; RELIGION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STEREOTYPIC BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BRITISH PAKISTANI; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GENDER; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC RISK; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RELIGION; REPRODUCTION; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK REDUCTION; STEREOTYPY;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ISLAM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPOUSES; STATE MEDICINE; YOUNG ADULT;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79959580026     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.04.011     Document Type: Article

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