Nominated for the Foundation of Sociology of Health and Illness Book Prize 2018 In the UK
and beyond, Down's syndrome screening has become a universal programme in prenatal …

This article is based on an ethnographic study of prenatal screening for Down syndrome in
two British health care institutions. Drawing on observations of everyday hospital life and …

This article reviews research on both parent and healthcare practitioner experiences of
prenatal screening for Down's syndrome. Whilst studies on Down's syndrome screening are …

Prenatal diagnosis represents the most immediate and widespread application of the current
explosion of genetic knowledge and technology. Presently hundreds of genetic conditions …

This article reviews the literature on prenatal screening for Down's syndrome. To be
evidence based, medicine and nursing have to take account of research evidence and also …

2007; 145C (1): 5-17. 4. Wright C. Cell-free fetal nucleic acids for non-invasive prenatal
diagnosis: report of the UK expert working group. http://www. phgfoundation …

The National Screening Committee of the Department of Health has made
recommendations to the Government advising that prenatal screening for Down's syndrome …

Prenatal screening for foetal abnormalities such as Down's syndrome differs from other
forms of population screening in that the usual aim of achieving health gains through …

The implementation of innovative medical technologies can raise unprecedented ethical,
legal and social dilemmas. This is particularly so in the area of antenatal screening, which is …

In many countries,(eg. in the UK, France, Denmark, the Netherlands) prenatal screening for
fetal abnormalities such as Down's syndrome is offered as a publicly or collectively funded …