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Choosing not to choose: reproductive responses of parents of children with genetic conditions or impairments.

Sociology of health & illness - 1 Jan 2009

Kelly Susan E

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Parents of children with genetic conditions or impairments stand in a unique position with regard to choices and dilemmas posed by prenatal screening and testing options offered to at-risk parents as a means to a 'healthy' baby. This article reports the results of a qualitative study of parents whose children are clients of a state-wide rural genetic outreach programme in the US. The analysis seeks to connect the...

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PMID: 19144088
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2008.01110.x

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