Just a Bystander ? Men's Place in the Process of Fetal Screening and Diagnosis  

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Locock, Louise ; Alexander, Jo

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Social Science & Medicine (www.elsevier.com/locate/sosscimed) vol. 62 no. 6 (Mar. 2006), page 1349-1359.
Topik: DIAGNOSIS; antenatal screening; antenatal diagnosis; men; parents; fathers; abortion; induced

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Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: SS53.2 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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Despite increasing research into men's experience of pregnancy and fatherhood, experiences of men whose partner is undergoing fetal screening and diagnosis have been less well studied. This paper begins to fill a gap in the literature by identifying several potentially conflicting male roles in screening, diagnosis and subsequent decision making. Drawing on a wider qualitative study in the UK of experiences of antenatal screening, it is suggested men may play interlinked roles : as parents, by standers, protectors / supporters, gatherers and guardians of fact, and deciders or enforcers. These may be roles they have been chosen, or which are assigned to them intentionally or unintentionally by others (their female partner, ehalth professionals). Men's status and feelings as fathers are sometimes overlooked or suppressed, or may conflict with their other roles, particularly when screening detects possible problems with the baby. The paper concludes by discussing these findings in the conetxt of the wider literature on men and pregnancy.

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