Supporting patient decision-making in non-invasive prenatal testing: a comparative study of professional values and practices in England and France.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT), which can screen for aneuploidies such as trisomy 21, is being implemented in several public healthcare systems across Europe. Comprehensive communication and information have been highlighted in the literature as important elements in supporting women's reproductive decision-making and addressing relevant ethical concerns such as routinisation. Countries such as England and France are adopting broadly similar implementation models, offering NIPT for pregnancies with high aneuploidy probability. However, we do not have a deeper understanding of how professionals' counselling values and practices may differ between these contexts.

Methods

In this paper, we explore how professionals in England and France support patient decision

SUBMITTER: Bowman-Smart H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10956335 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature