Grappling with affliction: Autism in the Jewish ultraorthodox community in Israel

Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-27

  Shaked, Michal ^a   Bilu, Yoram ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Autism; Explanatory models; Israel; Ultraorthodox

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AUTISM; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ISRAEL; JEW; MOTHER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AUTISTIC DISORDER; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ISRAEL; JEWS; MOTHERS;

EID: 33748858520     PISSN: 0165005X     EISSN: 1573076X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11013-006-9006-2     Document Type: Review

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