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Interview AN22

Interview AN22

Age at Interview: 44
Background: Children: 4 (ages 20, 19, 6 and 4), Occupation: Mother - Vicar, Father - househusband/computer consultant, Marital status: Married.

Brief outline:Declined all screening except 20-week anomaly scan in two most recent pregnancies.

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An increased risk can be difficult to interpret, without knowing about the original baseline risk.
Print I think the medical side of it has got to be put to people. I mean, these days we all know it's not a case where a doctor is just allowed to sort of say, “This is what you should do”. But I think it's partly making sure that people really do know, and understand what people are saying. One of the problems with the whole risk business is that sometimes, you know, the risk is increased by such and such a percentage, but what was the risk in the first place? You know, are you talking of one in twenty or one in two million? Because actually a 0.0 something percentage increase in two million is probably not worth worrying about, whereas it might well be if it's 1 in 20.

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