'Let's have it tested first': Choice and circumstances in decision-making following positive antenatal screening in Hong Kong

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 266-282

  Pilnick, Alison ^a   Zayts, Olga ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Antenatal screening; Antenatal testing; Conversation analysis; Decision making

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; FETUS DISEASE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIOLOGY;

ADULT; CULTURE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HONG KONG; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIOLOGY;

EID: 84857507233     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2011.01425.x     Document Type: Article

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