Shock, adjust, decide: Reproductive Decision making in cystic fibrosis (CF) carrier couples - A qualitative study

Journal of Genetic Counseling

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 404-417

  Myring, Jessica ^a,b   Beckett, William ^a   Jassi, Rupinder ^a   Roberts, Theresa ^a   Sayers, Richard ^a   Scotcher, Diana ^a   McAllister, Marion ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cystic fibrosis; Genetic counseling; Genetic risk; Reproductive decisions

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 80052646160     PISSN: 10597700     EISSN: 15733599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10897-011-9363-z     Document Type: Article

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