Uptake of a prenatal screening test: The role of healthcare professionals' attitudes towards the test

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 864-868

  Dormandy, Elizabeth ^a   Marteau, Theresa M ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Down syndrome screening; Healthcare professionals' attitudes; Screening uptake

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONSULTATION; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MIDWIFE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDWIFERY; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 9644272524     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.1028     Document Type: Article

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