Before Birth

Elizabeth Ettorre is Professor of Sociology at the University of Liverpool, UK

Contents: A European project on the development of prenatal screening, Elizabeth Ettorre; Prenatal diagnosis in the lay press and professional journals in Finland, Greece and The Netherlands, Michaela Laurén, Konstantinos Petrogiannis, Eleni Valassi-Adam and Tjeerd Tymstra; Review of policy, law and ethics, Konstantinos Petrogiannis, Tjeerd Tymstra, Piia Jallinoja and Elizabeth Ettorre; Experts’ views on prenatal screening and diagnosis in Greece, The Netherlands, England and Finland, Elizabeth Ettorre; Physicians’ opinions of genetic screening: comparisons in Finland and Greece, Eleni Valassi-Adam, Elina Hemminki, Hanna Toivianen and Christos Maragos; Prenatal diagnosis and screening in Europe: attitudes, practices and opinions of midwifes, Loes Kooij, Rachel Grellier, Fani Pechlivani and Hanna Toivianen; Women’s decision-making and experiences of prenatal Down’s screening, Päivi Santalahti, Konstantinos Petrogiannis and Tjeerd Tymstra; Whose fault is it?: shame and guilt for the genetic defect, Thalia Dragonas; Prenatal genetic screening: the Finnish experience, Arja R. Aro and Piia Jallinoja; Living with a congenital condition: the views of adults who have cystic fibrosis, sickle cell anaemia, Down’s syndrome, spina bifida or thalassaemia, Priscilla Alderson, Penny Scott and Neelam Thapar; It’s like peeking into a Christmas gift and then deciding if you want it or not, Michaela Laurén; Eugenics: what is in a word?, Elani Valassi-Adam.