In this study we evaluated how well maternal serum screening and abortions for Down
syndrome were accepted among midwives and public health nurses, and compared how …

Background: Different screening procedures are becoming an important part of health care.
Information about screening and its consequences can be difficult to both impart and …

Objective To investigate midwives' knowledge of prenatal diagnosis especially Down
syndrome, information given by midwives to parents, expectant parents' requests for …

To gain insight into how pregnant women experience serum screening for Down syndrome,
we sent questionnaires to two groups of relevant subjects in the north of the Netherlands …

Objective To investigate the views of Finnish doctors concerning fetal screening. Design
Anonymous, questionnaire survey conducted in 1996–1997. Population A representative …

With serum screening (MS-AFP and hCG testing for Down's syndrome) women have to
make several decisions in a limited time: whether to participate in the screening in the first …

Objective To evaluate ethnic differences in considerations whether or not to participate in
prenatal screening for Down syndrome and to relate these to differences in participation …

This study aimed to examine whether pregnant women made informed decisions based on
an accurate understanding of the antenatal screening process and to explore their attitude to …

This paper reports on a choice experiment undertaken to examine the preferences of a
sample of pregnant and non-pregnant women of childbearing age with respect to antenatal …

An anonymous questionnaire was sent to determine the opinions and attitudes of
342Leicestershire midwives who are responsible for counselling antenatal patients about …