Familial influences on antenatal and newborn haemoglobinopathy screening

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 16, Issue 4-5, 2011, Pages 361-375

  Ulph, Fiona ^a   Cullinan, Tim ^b   Qureshi, Nadeem ^c   Kai, Joe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b South Staffordshire PCT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

communication; decision making; doctor patient; families; genetics; intergenerational; interviews; minorities

Indexed keywords

BLOOD SYSTEM DISORDER; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICES; HEMOGLOBIN; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEM; MATERNAL EFFECT; NEONATE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; GENETIC TESTING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 79961157662     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557858.2011.556245     Document Type: Article

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