title: Antenatal care--antenatal screening for fetal abnormality.
abstract: JOANNA IS NOW 24 WEEKS pregnant. She is feeling very well and finding that now her energy has returned, she is really enjoying being preganant. She still proudly shows her precious scan picture to interested friends and takes the occasional glance herself during quiet moments. Joanna, has a cousin, Susan, who has Down's syndrome. Susan is  a happy and loving child who has brought  a lot of joy, as well as heartache, to the extended family. Although Joanna has no delusions about the hard work and continuing care that her cousin requires, she would not herself  contemplate terminating  a pregnancy if her baby had the condition.
authors.affiliation: Mother & Infant Research Unit, University of Leeds.
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Baston
mesh_terms: D002755:Choice Behavior; D020732:Cytogenetic Analysis; D003951:Diagnostic Errors / Q000451:nursing; D004314:Down Syndrome / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing*; D008880:Midwifery / Q000379:methods*; D010358:Patient Participation; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology