A case study of haemoglobinopathy screening in the Netherlands: witnessing the past, lessons for the future
In 2007 neonatal screening (NNS) was expanded to include screening for sickle cell disease (SCD) and beta-thalassaemia. Up until that year no formal recommendations for haemoglobinopathy (carrier) screening existed in the Netherlands. Although it has been subject to debate in the past, preconceptional and prenatal haemoglobinopathy carrier screening are not part of routine healthcare in the Netherlands. This study aimed to explore the decision-making process of the past: why was the introduction of a screening programme for haemoglobinopathy considered to be untimely, and did ethnicity play a... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2012 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Jans , S M P J , van El , C G , Houwaart , E S , Westerman , M J , Janssens , R J P A , Lagro-Janssen , A L M , Plass , A M C & Cornel , M C 2012 , ' A case study of haemoglobinopathy screening in the Netherlands: witnessing the past, lessons for the future ' , Ethnicity & Health , vol. 17 , no. 3 , pp. 217-239 . https://doi.org/10.1080/13557858.2011.604126 |
Schlagwörter: | screening / haemoglobinopathy / sickle cell / ethnicity / reproductive choice / eugenics |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26821754 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://cris.maastrichtuniversity.nl/en/publications/90de5363-5e92-4e20-a458-f7ca1921b5f1 |