On knowing and believing: Prenatal genetic screening and resistance to 'risk-medicine'

Health, Risk and Society

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 549-564

  Gross, Sky E ^a   Shuval, Judith T ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Genetic screening; Risk; Risk medicine; Screening; Ultra Orthodox Jews

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVERSION; BIOMEDICINE; CULTURAL FACTOR; CULTURAL SENSITIVITY; CULTURAL VALUE; EPISTEMOLOGY; FEAR; GENETIC SCREENING; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN DIGNITY; IDEOLOGY; ISRAEL; JEW; PRENATAL SCREENING; RELIGION; SOCIAL ASPECT; TRUST;

EID: 57149102909     PISSN: 13698575     EISSN: 14698331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13698570802533721     Document Type: Article

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