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Risk, age, and pregnancy : a case study of prenatal genetic screening and testing / Bob Heyman and Mette Henriksen ; consultant editor, Jo Campling.

Title
Risk, age, and pregnancy : a case study of prenatal genetic screening and testing / Bob Heyman and Mette Henriksen ; consultant editor, Jo Campling.
Author
Heyman, Bob.

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Additional Authors
  • Campling, Jo.
  • Henriksen, Mette.
Description
x, 242 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
Summary
  • "Health and social care systems are increasingly organised around the management of risks in populations, as against the care of individuals. This shift is most advanced in the field of maternity care, with pregnant women and their babies offered a wide range of screening tests. Risk, Age and Pregnancy explores the meaning of this shift through a detailed case study of a prenatal genetic screening and testing system in one hospital.
  • The book explores the perspectives of pregnant women, hospital doctors and midwives, and the communication between women and the hospital doctors who advise them. The book integrates observational, survey and qualitative interview methods. It offers insights into the risk management dilemmas faced by those who attempt to control genetic futures. Researchers, obstetricians, midwives and health service managers will find the book insightful and challenging."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject
  • Genetic Testing
  • Genetic screening
  • Middle Aged
  • Pregnancy > Complications
  • Pregnancy Complications
  • Pregnancy in middle age
  • Pregnancy
  • Prenatal Diagnosis
  • Prenatal diagnosis
ISBN
033373940X
LCCN
00066560
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries