Prenatal diagnosis

Chapter 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTING Introduction Caring behavior is an essential element of nursing. Nurses’ caring behavior is believed to enhance the patient’s health and well-being and to facilitate health promotion as well as patient’s ultimate curing. (Jean Weigand, 2006). Clinical instructors are expected to equipped students with knowledge and skills to become competent and prepare them in the future for their nursing profession. Caring education must be observe not only in the

palate, and cleft lip with palate. The diagnosis of this condition is sometimes extremely different for parents to hear and the implications of how the parents react can sometimes negatively affect how the baby develops. The research behind this article places the importance on the father's role of development and how they cope with diagnosis since mother's are normally the focus. The purpose of this article is to study the impact of the timing of diagnosis (prenatal vs. postnatal) of cleft lip and/or

conception, prenatal development. Prenatal development can easily be categorized as a fascinating period of great anatomical and physiological progress. Yet, as time progresses and the wonders of medical technology advance at a limitless pace, such a time has recently been viewed as a period of constant and profound examinations for unborn infants. The term, prenatal examinations, can be divided into the three categories of prenatal screenings, genetic screenings, and diagnostic screenings. Prenatal screenings

Abortion is viewed as a negative decision to some people, but in recent years with the advancements in technology and prenatal testing, selective abortion has started to become widely popular among the newer generations. It is a very controversial due to many people believing it is unethical and a poor decision. There are many logical reasons for a woman wanting an abortion for a child with a disability such as, getting raped, not being financially stable enough to give the child a good quality of

The pregnancy for nine months had been completely normal and healthy. The parents chose not to have prenatal genetic testing done. When Noah was born, he was rushed away for hours. The pediatrician came and broke the news to the parents. They wailed and cried for their boy when the words Down syndrome were spoken. This was a complete shock; no one was prepared. The second Noah was brought into the room, however, love and excitement completely filled the room. The parents were expecting a beautiful

Title: Everyone Planning to Start a Family Should Do Prenatal Testing Pregnancy is a time, filled with both wonderful and exciting moments of anticipation. Most pregnancies result in healthy babies while a small percent of all babies are born with birth defects regardless of mother’s history, exposure to toxic carcinogenic substances, and mother’s age. The decision to have any prenatal testing is usually up to the parents. Prenatal testing is done for many reasons. In this paper, I endeavor to

improved so much in couple of years. Different ways like prenatal screening and preimplantation have developed with it. This have caused abortions and mutations of gene leading to children born with down syndromes for example. Many people have gone to seek prenatal screening because of fear of having children who are disabled, which have lead them to increase in rates of number in fetus’s termination. Due to the issues on abortion, prenatal screening has become a very controversial problem in the

Prenatal Testing and the Disability Community The dream of every expectant mother is to give birth to a healthy baby when the nine months elapse. However, the culture of uncertainty among eager mothers has engulfed their thoughts of the possibility of giving birth to children with disabilities. As a result, they have turned to clinics for prenatal screening with a hope of getting a clean bill of health from medical practitioners about their current situation. All these efforts are not in vain in

Medicalization is a process by which non-medical problems are defined and labeled as a medical problem in terms of illness and disorder. For instance, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) wasn’t considered as a disorder until post World War period. It has been expanding and including new categories such as aging, anxiety, menstruation etc. Medicalization is important because it’s taking our regular activities and habits and defining as a disorder. Also, it increases more moral responsibility for

Prenatal Diagnostic Tests and the Social, Legal, and Ethical Implications Introduction Jackie and Michael are expecting their first baby. Jackie is 32 years old and is in good health. She is 15 weeks pregnant and wants to do everything possible to ensure a healthy baby. Even though they do not have risk factors within their families, she and Michael decide to have an amniocentesis. The results indicate that their baby is a female with Turner Syndrome. This condition is caused by a missing