An easy test but a hard decision: Ethical issues concerning non-invasive prenatal testing for autosomal recessive disorders

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1004-1009

  Skirton, Heather ^a   Goldsmith, Lesley ^a   Chitty, Lyn S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; FATHER; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; NON INVASIVE PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PATERNAL RIGHT; PERCEPTION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; THALASSEMIA; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; MUSCULAR ATROPHY, SPINAL; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RECESSIVE GENE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; GENES, RECESSIVE; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR ATROPHY, SPINAL; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; THALASSEMIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937512649     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2014.238     Document Type: Article

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