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Hilary Bowman-Smart

@hbowmansmart.bsky.social
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Research Fellow at the Australian Centre for Precision Health, University of South Australia. Applied ethics, bioethics, and a lot of things vaguely adjacent

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Hilary Bowman-Smart @hbowmansmart.bsky.social · 28/03/2024
I spoke with Miranda Rake for this article, where she explores her experiences with receiving uncertain results from prenatal testing, the impact on her mental health, & what it means for an era of prenatal screening where we have access to more & more information - much of it complex & uncertain.
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Prenatal Testing Offers Pregnant Women More Information Than Ever — But No Support To Deal With It
I expected prenatal testing to give me the “all clear” on my pregnancy; I was not prepared for the murky answers to the questions I had asked.
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Hilary Bowman-Smart @hbowmansmart.bsky.social · 25/03/2024
New paper out with Ruth Horn & Adeline Perrot in BMC Medical Ethics! We compared how English and French professionals think about their values and practices when helping patients navigate decision-making around non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT).
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Supporting patient decision-making in non-invasive prenatal testing: a comparative study of professional values and practices in England and France - BMC Medical Ethics
Background Non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT), which can screen for aneuploidies such as trisomy 21, is being implemented in several public healthcare systems across Europe. Comprehensive communicat...
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