Produced by the Down's Syndrome Association, it includes best practiceadvice for both pre- and postnatal diagnosis.
Nicole Horwitz, a paediatric registrar, said health professionals didn'talways realise the impact diagnosis has on parents. "Mistakes are oftenmade through limited understanding," she said.
It comes as a survey by the charity found 37 per cent of parents whosechildren were diagnosed at birth were given no written information aboutthe condition.
- www.downs-syndrome.org.uk.
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