International audiencePregnant women in France are routinely offered Down’s syndrome screening tests. These tests and further testing to confirm the diagnostic, may lead to the decision to terminate the pregnancy. Fetal ultrasound is one of the most frequently used techniques to screen pregnancies. Public authorities have set guidelines for practitioners to ask pregnant women if they consent to Down’s syndrome screening before having the test. However, some critics argue that pregnant women have actually no choice anymore but to undergo the test. We have conducted a sociological fieldwork in an ultrasound scanning clinic in Paris area and analyzed what sonographers say to pregnant women. Getting implicit consent from pregnant women is good ...
France is the european country that performs the most obstetric ultrasounds. According to a perinata...
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of French law (court rulings in the Per...
This study is aimed to evaluating the understanding of antenatal screening for Down syndrome by preg...
International audiencePregnant women in France are routinely offered Down’s syndrome screening tests...
In France as in other industrialized countries, pregnancy is regarded as a risk period. As such, a m...
ObjectiveInformation and consent are a legal and ethical obligation for healthcare professionals. Ho...
Down's Syndrome prenatal diagnostic and screening techniques have spread widely in France over the l...
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the level of information and informed consent for maternal serum screening (...
International audienceOBJECTIVES: To evaluate the understanding of health professionals involved in ...
ObjectivesThe absence of recommendations on the research of the aspect of the EGO as well as on the ...
Fetal ultrasound is a major examination in pregnancy follow up. It is important for both prenatal nu...
Objective – Assess pregnant women’s knowledge on first-trimester combined Down syndrome screening, a...
International audienceIn France, the recommended method for Down syndrome screening is the first tri...
During the medical monitoring of pregnancy, gynaecologists-obstetricians offer an invasive diagnosti...
This article summarizes the results of two works of research carried out independently of one anothe...
France is the european country that performs the most obstetric ultrasounds. According to a perinata...
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of French law (court rulings in the Per...
This study is aimed to evaluating the understanding of antenatal screening for Down syndrome by preg...
International audiencePregnant women in France are routinely offered Down’s syndrome screening tests...
In France as in other industrialized countries, pregnancy is regarded as a risk period. As such, a m...
ObjectiveInformation and consent are a legal and ethical obligation for healthcare professionals. Ho...
Down's Syndrome prenatal diagnostic and screening techniques have spread widely in France over the l...
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the level of information and informed consent for maternal serum screening (...
International audienceOBJECTIVES: To evaluate the understanding of health professionals involved in ...
ObjectivesThe absence of recommendations on the research of the aspect of the EGO as well as on the ...
Fetal ultrasound is a major examination in pregnancy follow up. It is important for both prenatal nu...
Objective – Assess pregnant women’s knowledge on first-trimester combined Down syndrome screening, a...
International audienceIn France, the recommended method for Down syndrome screening is the first tri...
During the medical monitoring of pregnancy, gynaecologists-obstetricians offer an invasive diagnosti...
This article summarizes the results of two works of research carried out independently of one anothe...
France is the european country that performs the most obstetric ultrasounds. According to a perinata...
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of French law (court rulings in the Per...
This study is aimed to evaluating the understanding of antenatal screening for Down syndrome by preg...