The Travesty of Choosing After Positive Prenatal Diagnosis
Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal NursingPublished 1 May 2005
Margarete Sandelowski, Julie Barroso
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Existing guidelines for caring for couples after perinatal losses must accommodate the chosen loss experientially defining positive prenatal diagnosis, as well as the dilemmas of choice and decision making.
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Existing guidelines for caring for couples after perinatal losses must accommodate the chosen loss experientially defining positive prenatal diagnosis.
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