The everyday work of healthcare professionals : an ethnography of screening for Down's syndrome in UK antenatal care

This thesis reports on a UK-based ethnography of prenatal screening for Down’s syndrome across two hospitals. By studying the mundane and routine practices of the clinic, I initially capture how Down’s syndrome screening is organised and how its sedimentation as a taken-for-granted aspect of pregnan...

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Main Author: Thomas, Gareth Martin
Published: Cardiff University 2014
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.611060