Attitudes to prenatal diagnosis and termination of pregnancy for 30 conditions among women in Saudi Arabia and the UK

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1109-1113

  Alsulaiman, Ayman ^a   Hewison, Jenny ^b   Abu Amero, Khaled K ^c   Ahmed, Shenaz ^b   Green, Josephine M ^d   Hirst, Janet ^b  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ATTITUDE TO PREGNANCY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAKISTAN; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SAUDI ARABIA; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED KINGDOM;

ABORTION, EUGENIC; ADULT; CULTURE; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 84868134604     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.3967     Document Type: Article

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