Prenatal Diagnosis in France: Between Regulation of Practices and Professional Autonomy.

"43.: It should be noted that the term ’genetic counselling’ is rarely used in France. The profession of conseiller en génétique et en médecine predictive (consultant in genetics and predictive medicine) was recognised in 2004, but these consultants rarely attend PND consultations. Generally speaking, it is midwives who provide women with information on the risks involved, or else obstetricians and geneticists, once a risk has been confirmed."

"The project was funded by the Agence Nationale de la Recherche. In 2010 the project was granted authorisation by the CEEI (Institutional Review Board) registered with the NIH’s OHRP (Office of Human Research Protection): IRB0000388 – FWA00005831. First and foremost I would like to thank all of the healthcare professionals who helped with this research. My thanks as well to Caroline Rusterholz and Jesse Olszynko-Gryn for giving me the opportunity to present a former version of this paper at the University of Cambridge on 6–7 September 2016, Ilana Löwy and two anonymous reviewers for their careful re-reading of a previous version of the manuscript and their pertinent remarks, and Christopher Hinton for his translation from French."