'He's the dad isn't he?' Gender, race and the politics of prenatal screening

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 16, Issue 4-5, 2011, Pages 327-341

  Reed, Kate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Black and minority ethnic; fathers; gender; haemoglobinopathy screening; whiteness

Indexed keywords

ABNORMALITY; BLACK POPULATION; BLOOD SYSTEM DISORDER; ETHNIC MINORITY; GENDER ROLE; HEALTH WORKER; HEMOGLOBIN; HOSPITAL SECTOR; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; STEREOTYPIC BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONSUMER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FATHER; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDWIFE; NEGRO; POLITICS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; THALASSEMIA; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; CULTURE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FATHERS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GENDER IDENTITY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDWIFERY; POLITICS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; THALASSEMIA; YOUNG ADULT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79961141499     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557858.2010.531196     Document Type: Article

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