Soigner aussi bien, voire soigner mieux, pour un coût moindre, justifier les démarches
diagnostiques et thérapeutiques, à la fois devant chaque patient, et devant la collectivité et …

BACKGROUND: Sonographic and biochemical methods for Down's syndrome screening
have developed simultaneously, but independently. As a consequence, the rate of invasive …

This article discusses the results of a study of the stand and attitudes of physicians from the
Picardie, Nord‐Pas‐de‐Calais region in France and the province of Quebec (Canada) …

The authors discuss the results of a survey of the attitudes of Canadian and French
(Picardie, Nord-Pas de Calais) physicians toward selective abortion of fetal anomalies …

The effectiveness and costs of prenatal screening programmes for Down's syndrome using
maternal serum markers will vary significantly depending on the biological cut‐off values …

The objectives of contemporary medicine are basically to attenuate the consequences of
chronic diseases and to improve the quality of life of the patient. All medical disciplines tend …

En général, le terme de qualité de vie est utilisé pour désigner les retentissements
physiques, psychologiques et sociaux d'une pathologie sur la vie d'un patient. Bien sûr, la …

Dans le contexte actuel où la maî trise des dépenses de santé constitue un objec tif majeur
des gouvernements successifs dans la plupart des pays industrialisés, il est fré quent de voir …

Fetal mortality has until now usually been studied as an attribute of other demographic
phenomena, whether for its effect on fecundability in the analysis of fertility (Henry, 1964; …

The screening of foetal anomalies has been widely practised in our societies for the last
twenty years. This provides an opportunity for assessing the factors in the spread of the …