The politics of 'The Natural Family' in Israel: State policy and kinship ideologies

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1018-1024

  Birenbaum Carmeli, Daphna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adoption; Donor insemination (DI); Family; Genetics; In vitro fertilisation (IVF); Israel; Kinship; Policy; Reproductive technologies

Indexed keywords

FERTILITY; IDEOLOGY; KINSHIP; LEGISLATION; POLICY ANALYSIS; POPULATION POLICY;

ADOPTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; FAMILY; FAMILY PLANNING; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FUNDING; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTERVIEW; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; ISRAEL; LAW; MALE INFERTILITY; POLICY;

ADOPTION; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FAMILY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL, HETEROLOGOUS; ISRAEL; JEWS; MALE; POLITICS; PUBLIC POLICY; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SOCIAL VALUES; STATE GOVERNMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 69849104849     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.07.044     Document Type: Article

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