“Suddenly Having two Positive People who are Carriers is a Whole New Thing”- Experiences of Couples Both Identified as Carriers of Cystic Fibrosis Through a Population-Based Carrier Screening Program in Australia

Journal of Genetic Counseling

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 987-1000

  Ioannou, Liane ^a,b   Delatycki, Martin B ^a,b,d,e   Massie, John ^a,c,d   Hodgson, Jan ^a,d   Lewis, Sharon ^a,d  

^a MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Cystic fibrosis; Cystic fibrosis carrier screening; Genetic counseling; Genetic screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY; PREPREGNANCY CARE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SPOUSE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VICTORIA;

ADULT; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRECONCEPTION CARE; PREGNANCY; SPOUSES; VICTORIA;

EID: 84947023534     PISSN: 10597700     EISSN: 15733599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10897-015-9833-9     Document Type: Article

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