Pregnant women's experiences, needs, and preferences regarding information about malformations detected by ultrasound scan

Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 73-78

  Asplin, Nina ^a,b,c   Wessel, Hans ^a,d   Marions, Lena ^a,b   Georgsson Öhman, Susanne ^a,c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c SOPHIAHEMMET UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Sweden)

^d Wessel MediConsult AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Experience; Fetal abnormality; Information; Prenatal diagnosis; Second trimester ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS MALFORMATION; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT SAFETY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRUST; ULTRASOUND;

ABORTION, EUGENIC; ADULT; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDWIFERY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANT WOMEN; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84860613321     PISSN: 18775756     EISSN: 18775764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.srhc.2011.12.002     Document Type: Article

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