Physician recommendation for invasive prenatal testing: The case of the 'precious baby'

Human Reproduction

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 3007-3011

  Srebnik, Naama ^a   Miron Shatz, Talya ^b   Rolison, Jonathan J ^c   Hanoch, Yaniv ^d   Tsafrir, Avi ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b ONO ACADEMIC COLLEGE   (Israel)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ART; decision making; infertility; prenatal diagnosis; prenatal screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONCEPTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIST; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL HISTORY; OBSTETRICIAN; PARTHENOGENESIS; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL SCREENING; QUESTIONNAIRE; VIGNETTE;

ART; DECISION MAKING; INFERTILITY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL SCREENING;

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84885909502     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/det354     Document Type: Article

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