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Between tolerable uncertainty and unacceptable risks: how health professionals and pregnant women think about the probabilities generated by prenatal screening

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Pages 144-161 | Received 14 Jul 2012, Accepted 09 Jan 2013, Published online: 21 Feb 2013

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