Sommerseth E
Vestfold Sykepleiehøyskole, Tønsberg.
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen. 1993 Apr 20;113(10):1218-20.
A national representative sample of 891 healthy women answered a questionnaire on the information provided about the routine ultrasound examination around the 17th week of pregnancy. Of 888 women 456 (51%) women stated that they had not received any form of information before the ultrasound examination. If a pregnant woman is supposed to make the decision about whether to have a prenatal ultrasound scan done or not, she must have specific information to enable her to do so. The fact that a large percentage of the women were not aware that the ultrasound examination is not compulsory denies them the right to make an autonomous decision.
一个由891名健康女性组成的全国代表性样本回答了一份关于在怀孕第17周左右进行常规超声检查所提供信息的问卷。在888名女性中，有456名（51%）表示在超声检查前未收到任何形式的信息。如果孕妇要决定是否进行产前超声扫描，她必须有具体信息才能这样做。很大一部分女性不知道超声检查并非强制进行，这一事实剥夺了她们做出自主决定的权利。
