Between tolerable uncertainty and unacceptable risks: How health professionals and pregnant women think about the probabilities generated by prenatal screening

Health, Risk and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 144-161

  Burton Jeangros, Claudine ^a   Cavalli, Samuele ^a   Gouilhers, Solène ^a   Hammer, Raphaël ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

gynaecologists; pregnancy; pregnant women; prenatal screening; risk; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIST; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL SCREENING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK;

EID: 84876313716     PISSN: 13698575     EISSN: 14698331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13698575.2013.771737     Document Type: Article

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