Attitudes towards prenatal testing and termination of pregnancy in British Pakistani parents and relatives of children with recessive conditions in the UK

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 954-959

  Ahmed, S ^a   Ahmed, M ^b   Sharif, S M ^b   Sheridan, E ^b   Taylor, G R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CHILD; FATHER; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MOTHER; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; RELATIVE; REPRODUCTION; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; ANENCEPHALY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENES, RECESSIVE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC TESTING; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PAKISTAN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; QUADRIPLEGIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84867025934     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.3940     Document Type: Article

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