Maternal decisions regarding prenatal diagnosis: rational choices or sensible decisions?

作者: Karen L. Lawson , Roger A. Pierson

DOI: 10.1016/S1701-2163(16)32412-4

关键词: AmniocentesisGynecologyDevelopmental psychologyPregnancyPremiseMedicineIndividualismPrenatal diagnosisAbortionReproductive autonomy

摘要: Abstract The premise underlying prenatal testing is that knowing the health status of fetus will enable expectant parents to make rational reproductive decisions. Accordingly, rational-choice perspectives have informed both counselling protocols and majority investigations into psychological processes involved in making decisions about selective abortion. However, because conditions inherent situation may not adhere basic assumptions choice models, use these models be inappropriate. individualistic focus too narrow encompass social factors relevant a decision testing. In light limitations, we case for adopting contextual framework conceptualizing regarding

参考文章(51)
Ansley J. Coale, The demographic transition. The Pakistan Development Review. ,vol. 23, pp. 531- 552 ,(1984) , 10.30541/V23I4PP.531-552
J. Kilthei, J. A. Permaul-Woods, S. Arbitman, B. Fallis, C. A. Woodward, J. C. Carroll, G. Ryan, S. B. Domb, A. J. Reid, Maternity care and maternal serum screening. Do male and female family physicians care for women differently Canadian Family Physician. ,vol. 43, pp. 1078- 1084 ,(1997)
Sujata Chandra, Joan Crane, Donna Hutchens, Kelly Bennett, Terry O’Grady, Ann Duff, David Macgregor, Maternal Serum Screening: Practice Patterns of Physicians in Newfoundland Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada. ,vol. 25, pp. 825- 829 ,(2003) , 10.1016/S1701-2163(16)30672-7
W. Doyle Gentry, Handbook of behavioral medicine Guilford Press. ,(1984)
Robert F. Kidd, John H. Harvey, William John Ickes, New directions in attribution research L. Erlbaum Associates , distributed by the Halsted Press Division of Wiley. ,(1976)
William A. Ghali, Michelle M. Graham, Evidence or faith? Coronary artery bypass grafting in elderly patients. Canadian Medical Association Journal. ,vol. 165, pp. 775- 776 ,(2001)
Aubrey Milunsky, Jeff M Milunsky, None, Genetic Disorders and the Fetus: Diagnosis, Prevention, and Treatment ,(2015)
Jennifer R. Niebyl, Steven G. Gabbe, Joe Leigh Simpson, Obstetrics: Normal and Problem Pregnancies ,(1986)
Elizabeth Jean Thomson, Karen H. Rothenberg, Women and Prenatal Testing: Facing the Challenges of Genetic Technology ,(1994)