The role of religion in decision-making on antenatal screening of congenital anomalies: A qualitative study amongst Muslim Turkish origin immigrants

Midwifery

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 297-302

  Gitsels van der Wal, Janneke T ^a,b   Manniën, Judith ^b   Ghaly, Mohammed M ^c   Verhoeven, Pieternel S ^d   Hutton, Eileen K ^b,e   Reinders, Hans S ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d Roosevelt Academy   (Netherlands)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antenatal diagnosis; Combined test; Congenital anomalies; Islam

Indexed keywords

CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ISLAM; MIGRANT; NETHERLANDS; NURSING; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; TURKEY;

CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; DECISION MAKING; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ISLAM; NETHERLANDS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; TURKEY;

EID: 84894660356     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2013.04.001     Document Type: Article

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