Prenatal screening for congenital anomalies:exploring midwives' perceptions of counseling clients with religious backgrounds

Prenatal screening for congenital anomalies:exploring midwives' perceptions of counseling clients with religious backgrounds

Gitsels-van der Wal, Janneke T.
Manniën, Judith
Gitsels, Lisanne A.
Reinders, Hans S.
Verhoeven, Pieternel S.
Ghaly, Mohammed M.
Klomp, Trudy
Hutton Eileen K.

7/19/14

English

20140719

In the Netherlands, prenatal screening follows an opting in system and comprises two non-invasive tests: the combined test to screen for trisomy 21 at 12 weeks of gestation and the fetal anomaly scan to detect structural anomalies at 20 weeks. Midwives counsel about prenatal screening tests for congenital anomalies and they are increasingly having to counsel women from religious backgrounds beyond their experience. This study assessed midwives’ perceptions and practices regarding taking client’s religious backgrounds into account during counseling. As Islam is the commonest non-western religion, we were particularly interested in midwives’ knowledge of whether pregnancy termination is allowed in Islam.

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counseling--[pri];Islamic ethics--[pri];midwives--[pri];prenatal diagnosis--][pri]

congenital disorders;cultural competency;decision making;Muslims;pregnant women;religion;therapeutic abortion

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth2014 July 19; 14:237: 9 p.

© Gitsels–van der Wal et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2014

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