Representing and intervening: 'Doing' good care in first trimester prenatal knowledge production and decision-making

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 283-298

  Schwennesen, Nete ^a   Koch, Lene ^a  

^a Steno Health Promotion Center   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Care practice; Knowledge production; Non directiveness; Prenatal testing and counselling; Professional practice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; DENMARK; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; DENMARK; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PRENATAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84857506376     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2011.01414.x     Document Type: Article

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