ArticleJournal of genetic counseling1992
Seeing the baby: The impact of ultrasound technology.
Article in Journal of genetic counseling, 1992. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
5 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- "A Picture Paints a Thousand Words"-A Systematic Review of the Ethical Issues of Prenatal Ultrasound.Journal of bioethical inquiry · 2025Pooled it
- Parental decision-making following a prenatal diagnosis that is lethal, life-limiting, or has long term implications for the future child and family: a meta-synthesis of qualitative literature.BMC medical ethics · 2019Pooled it
- Ideal Positions: 3D Sonography, Medical Visuality, Popular Culture.The Journal of medical humanities · 2016Article
- Genetic counseling after abnormal prenatal diagnosis: facilitating coping in families who continue their pregnancies.Journal of genetic counseling · 1995Article
- The impact of ultrasound.Journal of genetic counseling · 1992Article
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Abstract
This paper reports results of a study of prenatal diagnosis patients who underwent ultrasound examinations and lost their pregnancies through miscarriage or elective terminations. The majority of the women felt that viewing the ultrasound image influenced their relationship to the fetus and their coping with the pregnancy loss. The women commented on the power of ultrasound to make their pregnancies more real as well as the painful yet sometimes beneficial consequences of seeing the fetus. Clinical implications are considered for health professionals who provide prenatal diagnostic services or counseling after pregnancy loss.
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