"Did you find that out in time?": New life trajectories of parents who choose to continue a pregnancy where a genetic disorder is diagnosed or likely

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 158 A, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 373-383

  Hickerton, Chriselle L ^a,b   Aitken, Maryanne ^a,b   Hodgson, Jan ^a,b   Delatycki, Martin B ^a,b,c  

^a MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Continuing pregnancy; Disability; Genetic diagnosis; Parents; Prenatal diagnosis; Qualitative research; Trajectory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; BONE DYSPLASIA; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DOWN SYNDROME; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; GENETIC DISORDER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MARKER CHROMOSOME; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; THEMATIC ANALYSIS;

DECISION MAKING; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMANS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84856215822     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.34399     Document Type: Article

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