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- Title
Prenatal testing for birth defects and nursing practice.
- Authors
Davies, Barbara L.; Boniface, Wendy J.
- Abstract
Recent advances in the prenatal diagnosis of birth defects including amniocentesis, ultrasound and fetoscopy are discussed. Indications, technical considerations and limitations are presented. Parental reactions to the stresses encountered during the process of prenatal diagnosis are related. Implications are identified for nursing care practice in different clinical settings including prenatal diagnostic units, paediatric services, obstetrical services and in the community.
- Subjects
HUMAN abnormalities; AMNIOCENTESIS; FETOSCOPY; PRENATAL diagnosis; NURSING care plans; MEDICAL imaging systems
- Publication
Journal of Advanced Nursing (Wiley-Blackwell), 1979, Vol 4, Issue 5, p485
- ISSN
0309-2402
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1365-2648.1979.tb00882.x