A new era in prenatal testing: Are we prepared?

Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 357-364

  Schmitz, Dagmar ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Non invasive prenatal diagnosis; Philosophy of medicine; Physician patient interaction; Prenatal testing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 84879780480     PISSN: 13867423     EISSN: 15728633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11019-012-9411-y     Document Type: Article

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