Antenatal counselling for congenital anomaly tests: An exploratory video-observational study about client-midwife communication

Midwifery

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 37-46

  Martin, Linda ^a   Hutton, Eileen K ^a,e   Gitsels van der Wal, Janneke T ^a,f   Spelten, Evelien R ^a   Kuiper, Fleur ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Pereboom, Monique T R ^a   van Dulmen, Sandra ^b,c,d  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antenatal genetic counselling; Congenital abnormalities; Doctor patient relation; Video recording

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDWIFE; NETHERLANDS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDWIFERY; NETHERLANDS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920618930     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2014.05.004     Document Type: Article

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