"My baby is a person": Parents' experiences with life-threatening fetal diagnosis

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1302-1308

  Côté Arsenault, Denise ^a   Denney Koelsch, Erin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FAMILY; GRIEF; HUMAN; LETHAL FETAL DIAGNOSIS; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK; PALLIATIVE CARE; PARENTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83455170687     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2011.0165     Document Type: Article

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