Let's have it tested first

Choice and circumstances in decision-making following positive antenatal screening in Hong Kong

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2266367
AutoresAlison Pilnick (0000-0003-0987-8760, University of Nottingham), Olga Zayts (0000-0003-2946-0994, University of Hong Kong)
Año2012
Volumen34
Número2
Páginas266-282
Fecha de publicación2012-02-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSociology of Health & Illness (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0141-9889 • E-ISSN: 1467-9566
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-9566.2011.01425.x
PMID22085332
OpenAlexW1814500150
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas19
Referencias citadas51

There now exists a considerable body of sociological work examining antenatal screening for fetal abnormalities. A common theme emerging from this literature is that pregnant women report not feeling able to exercise choice freely, experiencing constraints both from medical professionals and their perceived expectations of the sociocultures in which they live. This study adds to existing literature in three ways. Firstly, in contrast to the existing body of interview-based research, the study uses video recordings of actual consultations, in order to capture the interactional processes through which choice and constraints are established, negotiated and contested. Secondly, it explores the next stage in the process of antenatal screening, by focusing on women who are offered invasive diagnostic testing as a result of 'high risk' screening results, and who have been the subject of little research. Thirdly, the study site in Hong Kong provides a particularly interesting location, given limited research on antenatal screening in that part of the world, and Hong Kong's cosmopolitan environment that is reflected in the diversity of client population undergoing antenatal screening. Using conversation analysis we examine how aspects of the clients' diverse socioeconomic backgrounds and circumstances are interactionally managed in this setting, and how this might impact on decision-making

Conversation · Family medicine · Feeling · Population · Socioeconomic status · Subject (documents · Computer Science · Disability Rights and Representation · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Medicine · Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics · Psychology · Social Psychology