The experience of pregnant women with a diagnosis of fetal lower urinary tract obstruction (LUTO)

Midwifery

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 636-642

  Denny, Elaine ^a   Quinlan Jones, Elizabeth ^b   Bibila, Stavroula ^a   Kilby, Mark ^c  

^a BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antenatal diagnosis; Decision making; Ultrasound scanning; Women's experiences

Indexed keywords

ABNORMALITIES; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PATIENT SELECTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; URINARY BLADDER NECK OBSTRUCTION; URINARY TRACT;

CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; DECISION MAKING; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PATIENT SELECTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; PSYCHOMETRICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; URINARY BLADDER NECK OBSTRUCTION; URINARY TRACT;

EID: 84901256385     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2013.10.023     Document Type: Article

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