Reasons for women's non-uptake of amniocentesis
| Autor: | Jean-Paul Moatti, Y. Aurran, Ségolène Aymé, Françoise Chabal, G Macquart-Moulin, Claire Julian-Reynier |
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| Rok vydání: | 1994 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Pediatrics Attitude of Health Personnel Social Welfare Prenatal diagnosis Abortion Social preferences Interviews as Topic Fathers Pregnancy medicine Humans Genetics (clinical) medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Public health Telephone call Obstetrics and Gynecology Abortion Induced Patient Acceptance of Health Care Telephone Social security Social Class Amniocentesis Female France business Maternal Age Demography |
| Zdroj: | Prenatal Diagnosis. 14:859-864 |
| ISSN: | 1097-0223 0197-3851 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/pd.1970140915 |
| Popis: | More than 10 years after a chromosomal anomaly screening programme was set up in France for pregnant women of advanced age, amniocentesis is still a controversial issue. The reasons why eligible women did not utilize the test and whether or not the existence of social welfare coverage determined women's access to prenatal diagnosis were studied. A group of 291 women aged > or = 35 years who recently gave birth to normal liveborns was interviewed by telephone. Among those aged 38 years and over, who automatically qualified for social security coverage, 75 per cent had undergone amniocentesis as opposed to 23 per cent in the 35 to 37-year-old non-covered age group who did not qualify for social security coverage. In both groups, access to amniocentesis was found to depend on the physicians', women's and male partners' attitudes towards prenatal diagnosis and abortion. Among the younger group, the uptake depended mainly on socio-economic factors. Institutional policies should ensure greater equality of access while allowing for individual preferences. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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