Decision-making and ante-natal screening for sickle cell and Thalassaemia Disorders: To What Extent do Faith and Religious Identity Mediate Choice?

Current Sociology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 77-98

  Atkin, Karl ^a   Ahmed, Shenaz ^b   Hewison, Jenny ^b   Green, Josephine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Prenatal diagnosis; Religious identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 36949021591     PISSN: 00113921     EISSN: 14617064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011392107084380     Document Type: Article

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