Investigating the views and expectations of pregnant women who undergo genetic counselling for age-related risk of aneuploidy

Background: Pregnancy at advanced maternal age (AMA) is associated with an increased risk of aneuploidy. In the Western Cape's public health sector maternal age alone is widely used to screen women for high risk of pregnancies affected by aneuploidy. The weekly pregnancy counselling clinic (PCC...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Vorster, Nina
Other Authors: Wessels, Tina-Marie
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Health Sciences 2021
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/33968