Open AccessPrimary prevention of physical and mental handicaps: Genetic counselling and prenatal diagnosis
Author(s) -
J. Op't Hof
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
curationis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.408
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 2223-6279
pISSN - 0379-8577
DOI - 10.4102/curationis.v5i2.409
Subject(s) - genetic counseling , prenatal diagnosis , primary prevention , mental health , medicine , psychology , psychiatry , pregnancy , pathology , disease , genetics , biology , fetus
To date there are no figures available on the number of handicapped people in the Republic of South Africa. The lack of an adequate method of assessment and the difficulty of defining the different handicaps are the major obstacles