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Table 1 Conceptual framework for understanding the impact of GPs' role in informing women of prenatal screening tests

From: Exploring general practitioners' experience of informing women about prenatal screening tests for foetal abnormalities: A qualitative focus group study

Factors

Role of the GP

Intrinsic Factors

 

1. Limitations of screening

Interpreter

2. Selectivity

Gatekeeper

3. Time pressures

Timekeeper

Extrinsic Factors

 

4. Potential sequelae

Bearer of bad news

5. Conflict

Moral agent

6. Shifting sands

Intermediary