Knowledge, action and resistance: The selective use of pre-natal screening among Bedouin women of the Negev, Israel

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 561-569

  Lewando Hundt, G ^a   Shoham Vardi, I ^b   Beckerleg, S ^a   Belmaker, I ^b   Kassem, F ^b   Jaafar, A Abu ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bedouin; Israel; Negev; Pre natal screening

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; ARAB; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONSANGUINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL SCREENING; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ABNORMALITIES; ADULT; ARABS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0034749479     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(00)00160-X     Document Type: Article

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