Before birth : understanding prenatal screening / edited by Elizabeth Ettorre

Published: Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2001]
Copyright Date: ©2001
Physical Description: viii, 188 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Additional Creators: Ettorre, Elizabeth, 1948-

Availability

Finding items...

Contents

1. A European project on the development of prenatal screening / Elizabeth Ettore -- 2. Prenatal diagnosis in the lay press and professional journals in Finland, Greece and The Netherlands / Michaela Laurén ... [et al.] -- 3. Review of policy, law and ethics / Konstantinos Petrogiannis ... [et al.] -- 4. Experts' views on prenatal screening and diagnosis in Greece, The Netherlands, England and Finland / Elizabeth Ettore -- 5. Physicians' opinions of genetic screening : comparisons in Finland and Greece / Eleni Valassi-Adam ... [et al.] -- 6. Prenatal diagnosis and screening in Europe : attitudes, practices and opinions of midwives / Loes Kooij ... [et al.] -- 7. Women's decision-making and experiences of prenatal Down's syndrome screening / Päivi Santalahti, Konstantinos Petrogiannis and Tjeerd Tymstra -- 8. Whose fault is it? Shame and guilt for the genetic defect / Thalia Dragonas -- 9. Prenatal genetic screening : the Finnish experience / Arja R. Aro and Piia Jallinoja -- 10. Living with a congenital condition : the views of adults who have cystic fibrosis, sickle cell anaemia, Down's syndrome, spina bifida or thalassaemia / Priscilla Alderson, Penny Scott and Neelam Thapar -- 11. "It's like peeking into a Christmas gift and then deciding if you want it or not" / Michaela Laurén -- 12. Eugenics : what is in a word? / Eleni Valassi-Adam.

Subject(s)

ISBN

0754616215

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references.

Source of Acquisition

University Park copy: Purchased with funds from the Paterno Libraries Endowment Fund; 20020703.

Endowment Note

Paterno Libraries Endowment

View MARC record | catkey: 2299244