Risk, Age and Pregnancy provides an in-depth case study of the operation of a prenatal genetic screening and testing system. The authors integrate observational, qualitative interview and survey data, exploring the perspectives of pregnant women, hospital doctors and midwives, and the communication between women and the hospital doctors who advise them. The book offers insights relevant to those concerned with the rapidly growing field of genetic risk management.
Author(s): Bob Heyman, Mette Henriksen
Year: 2001
Language: English
Pages: 254
Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 8
List of Figures......Page 9
List of Tables......Page 10
Acknowledgements......Page 11
Introduction......Page 12
1 The Constitution of Down’s Syndrome as a Risk Entity......Page 48
2 Age and Pregnancy......Page 70
3 The Offer of Genetic Screening/Testing......Page 107
4 Women’s Decisions about Genetic Tests I: Values and Probabilities......Page 126
5 Women’s Decisions about Genetic Tests II: Time Management and Outcomes......Page 156
6 The Hospital Consultation I: The Pre-test Risk of Genetic Abnormalities......Page 177
7 The Hospital Consultation II: Risk and Genetic Screening/Testing......Page 204
Conclusions......Page 227
References......Page 232
Name Index......Page 244
Subject Index......Page 249
